Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 77
Cover Image
Gendered implications of the waves of COVID-19 and economic upgrading trajectories in digital value chains : insights from Kenyan agricultural platforms
Krishnan, Aarti; Nganga, Monica; Foster, Timothy - 2023
facilitates the overcoming of barriers such as access to productive resources and engenders upgrading. However, studies have shown … economic upgrading possibilities are further compounded by the onset of shocks such as COVID-19. Predominantly only anecdotal … seeks to answer the question: To what extent has the intensity of COVID-19 affected economic upgrading possibilities for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014280619
Cover Image
Pulling up or binding down : a review of upgrading trajectories in apparel and agroprocessing global value chains for developing countries
Pasquali, Giovanni; Krishnan, Aarti; Engel, Jakob - 2021
environmental upgrading. Furthermore, the study draws a connection between the causes and consequences of upgrading, shedding light …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012590892
Cover Image
Digital technologies and "value" capture in global value chains : empirical evidence from Indian manufacturing firms
Banga, Karishma - 2019
This paper examines whether digitalization can be a driver of "upgrading" in global value chains and help developing … capabilities on product upgrading in Indian manufacturing firms participating in global value chains. Empirical analysis is … generalized method-of-moments. Product upgrading is captured through a novel salesweighted average product sophistication …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008263
Cover Image
Formalizing clientelism in Kenya : from Harambee to the Constituency Development Fund
Opalo, K. Ochieng’ - 2021
promises are achievable and therefore deemed credible. Using evidence from the Constituency Development Fund in Kenya, this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650912
Cover Image
Value chain directionality, upgrading, and industrial policy in the Tanzanian textile and apparel sectors
Boys, Julian; Andreoni, Antonio - 2020
social upgrading in the Tanzanian textile and apparel sectors, with a particular focus on how outcomes vary across value … distinct opportunities in terms of functional, product, process, and end-market upgrading as well as other economic and social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251885
Cover Image
Making agricultural value chains more inclusive through technology and innovation
Das Nair, Reena; Landani, Namhla - 2020
Some entry barriers in agricultural and agro-processing value chains, particularly for smallholder farmers and small/medium-sized processors, can be overcome with innovation and technology adoption. Technologies and innovation in these sectors have been both radical and incremental, ranging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012183585
Cover Image
Labour conditions in regional versus global value chains : insights from apparel firms in Lesotho and Eswatini
Pasquali, Giovanni - 2021
We explore how decent work varies across Southern Africa apparel firms participating in global value chains (GVCs) and regional value chains (RVCs), respectively. We draw on crosssection survey data from 135 workers in 31 firms across Eswatini and Lesotho, two large apparel exporters serving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650901
Cover Image
Linking Southern Africa into South Africa's global value chains
Banga, Karishma; Balchin, Neil - 2019
This study explores the potential for South Africa to become an engine for intra- regional trade and industrial development by linking other Southern African countries to its global value chains and, in the process, improving its global trade competitiveness. The study identifies 'lead products'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103359
Cover Image
Constraints on the performance and competitiveness of Tanzania's manufacturing exports
Misati, Roseline Nyakerario; Ngoka, Kethi - 2021
, and high institutional quality enhance manufactured exports. The study also showed scope for quality upgrading through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012432926
Cover Image
Digital de-industrialization, global value chains, and structural transformation : empirical evidence from low- and middle-income countries
Banga, Karishma; Harbansh, Pankhury; Singh, Surendar - 2023
Digitalization and shifting patterns of globalization are fast changing the rules of the game for countries embarking on a path of industrialization. In this study, we empirically examine the impact of digitalization and global value chains on structural transformation using a cross-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014280598