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Root for the tubers : extended-harvest crop production and productivity measurement in surveys
Kilic, Talip; Moylan, Heather; Ilukor, John; Mtengula, … - 2018
was implemented in Malawi over a 12-month period, randomly assigning cassava-producing households to one of four … traditional diary-keeping, the household-level annual cassava production is 295 kilograms higher, on average, (and assumed as … additionally demonstrates likely gross overestimation in international and ministerial statistics on cassava yields in Malawi. For …
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What happens when the market shifts to China? : the Gabon timber and Thai cassava value chains
Kaplinsky, Raphael; Terheggen, Anne; Tijaja, Julia - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941716
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Firm compliance and public disclosure in Vietnam
Hollweg, Claire H. - 2019
Global consumers, international brands, and governments in producing and outsourcing countries aim to improve working conditions in global value chains, but uncertainty exists about what is the best approach. This research uses firm-level data from the International Labour...
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The capabilities driving participation in global value chains
Pathikonda, Vilas; Farole, Thomas - 2016
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The future of work in agriculture : some reflections
Christiaensen, Luc J.; Rutledge, Zachariah; Taylor, J. … - 2020
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Determinants of global value chain participation : cross-country evidence
Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Kee, Hiau Looi; Winkler, Deborah - 2020
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Conceptual aspects of global value chains : World Development Report 2020 background paper
Antràs, Pol - 2020
The paper offers an overview of some key conceptual aspects associated with the rise of global value chains (GVCs). It outlines a series of alternative interpretations and definitions of what the rise of GVCs entails, and it traces the implications of these alternative conceptualizations for the...
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Policy uncertainty, trade, and global value chains : some facts, many questions
Constantinescu, Cristina; Mattoo, Aaditya; Ruta, Michele - 2019
This paper attempts to quantify the impact of economic policy uncertainty on overall trade and trade linked to global value chains. Using new data on policy uncertainty for 18 countries and 24 years, it finds a statistically significant negative impact of policy uncertainty on overall trade...
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An empirical investigation of trade diversion and global value chains : World Development Report 2020 : background paper
Soyres, François de; Maire, Julien; Sublet, Guillaume - 2019
This paper uses data on directional trade flows and Regional Trade Agreements (RTA) to i) estimate the effects of RTA on trade flows and ii) assess the importance of Global Value Chains for these effects. Based on a Difference-in- Difference identification strategy, we find that RTAs are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168114
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Inflation dynamics and global value chains : World Development Report 2020 : background paper
Soyres, François de; Franco, Sebastián - 2019
The global economy has witnessed a decline in inflation and an increase in inflation synchronization since the early 1980s. This paper investigates the relationship between inflation synchronization and trade integration, and documents the strong link between inflation co-movement and Global...
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