This article analyzes, for the case of Brazil, the structure and the dynamics of two natural resources-based value chains: the poultry and wood furniture chains. The study shows that, in the sectors analyzed, there exist different models of organization of the value chains. Those differences are...

The article discusses the implications of the establishment of global value chains on policymaking. The approach of value chains has emphasized the implications of trade policy derived from the diffusion of new production model. In the area of industrial policy, the focus of value chains...

This article aims to analyze trade and industrial policies in Brazil in light of the normative approach of the global value chains. The analysis of the Brazilian case shows that the policies recently adopted by the country point to the opposite direction from the prescriptions of the global...