Global value chains

by Meine Pieter Van Dijk (Editor), Jacques Trienekens (editor)

This book contains seven case studies of global value chains as well as a discussion of the theory behind these chains. Specifically, it examines the impact of global value chains on local upgrading strategies, as well as the role of governments, buyers, donors, and civil society in influencing value chains and the importance of partnerships as mechanisms for value chain upgrading. An impressive group of eminent scholars deliver a thorough examination of this important economic and political phenomenon.

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About the author

Meine Pieter van Dijk is an economist, professor of water services management at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft, professor of entrepreneurship at MSM, and professor of urban management in the Institute of Social Studies and the Institute of Housing and Urban Development at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.