Karina Fernandez-Stark was a Senior Research Analyst at the Duke GVC Center from 2008 until early 2019. She has led several research projects related to economic development and competitiveness in Latin America and other regions of the world. She has consulted for the African Development Bank, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Inter-American Development Bank, OECD, UNCTAD and the World Bank, amongst others. She has published several research reports and articles on industrial upgrading and social and economic development focusing largely on the offshore service and agriculture-related industries.

Reports

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• Industry 4.0 in Developing Countries: The Mine of the Future and the Role of Women
• Pakistan in the Offshore Services Global Value Chain
• St. Lucia in the Cruise Tourism Global Value Chain
• Belize in the Offshore Services Global Value Chain
• Belize in the Shrimp Global Value Chain
• Saint Lucia in the Banana Global Value Chain
• Belize in the Cocoa Global Value Chain
• Jamaica in the Tourism Global Value Chain
• Jamaica in the Offshore Services GVC
• Jamaica in the Arabica Coffee Global Value Chain
• Barbados in the Rum Global Value Chain
• The Oil and Gas Services Value Chain in Kazakhstan
• Barbados in the Cruise Tourism Global Value Chain
• The Philippines in the Cocoa-Chocolate GVC
• The Philippines in the Mango GVC
• Peru in the Table Grape Global Value Chain: Opportunities for Upgrading in Peru
• Peru in the Mining Equipment Global Value Chain: Opportunities for Upgrading
• Peru in the High Quality Cotton Textile and Apparel GVC: Opportunities for Upgrading
• Costa Rica in the Offshore Services Global Value Chain: Opportunities for Upgrading: Chapter 5
• The Competitiveness of Small Organic Cocoa Producers of the National Confederation of Dominican Cocoa Producers (CONACADO)
• Basic Principles and Guidelines for Impactful and Sustainable Inclusive Business Interventions in High-Value Agro-Food Value Chains
• Assessment of Five High-Value Agriculture Inclusive Business Projects
• Upgrading in Global Value Chains: Addressing the Skills Challenge in Developing Countries
• Supporting the Competitiveness of Central American Coffee
• Case: Strengthening the Competitiveness of the Stevia Value Chain in Paraguay
• Case: Development of Micro and Small Rural Apicultural Producers in Nicaragua & Honduras
• Case: Strengthening the Competitiveness of Organic Producers in Andean Microwatersheds
• Case: Conversion to Organic Cacao Cultivation in Peru
• Inclusion of Small- and Medium-Sized Producers in High-Value Agro-Food Value Chains
• Manual: Desarrollo Económico Local y Cadenas Globales de Valor
• Meeting the Upgrading Challenge: Dynamic Workforces for Diversified Economies: Chapter 6
• The Offshore Services Global Value Chain: Economic Upgrading and Workforce Development: Chapter 4
• Skills for Upgrading: Workforce Development and Global Value Chains in Developing Countries
• The Tourism Global Value Chain: Economic Upgrading and Workforce Development: Chapter 5
• The Fruit and Vegetables Global Value Chain: Economic Upgrading and Workforce Development: Chapter 2
• The Apparel Global Value Chain: Economic Upgrading and Workforce Development: Chapter 3
• Engineering Services in the Americas
• The Offshore Services Value Chain: Developing Countries and the Crisis
• Workforce Development in Chile’s Offshore Services
• Chile’s Offshore Services Value Chain
• The Offshore Services Global Value Chain
• The Offshore Services Industry: A New Opportunity for Latin America

Publications

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• Global Value Chain Analysis: A Primer: 2nd Edition
• Promoting Decent Work in Global Supply Chains (GSCs) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC): Key Issues, Good Practices, Lessons Learned and Policy Insights
• Inclusive Value Chain Interventions in the High-Value Agrifood Sector in Latin America
• Global Value Chains in Latin America: A Development Perspective for Upgrading
• Latin America’s Emergence in Global Services: A New Driver of Structural Change in the Region?
• Regional Competitiveness in the Latin America Offshore Services Value Chain
• Connecting Local Producers in Developing Countries to Regional and Global Value Chains
• Global Value Chains, Economic Upgrading and Gender: Case Studies of the Horticulture, Tourism, and Call Center Industries
• The Offshore Services Value Chain: Upgrading Trajectories in Developing Countries
• Global Value Chain Analysis: A Primer
• The Offshore Services Value Chain: Developing Countries and the Crisis

Presentations

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• Global Services Offshoring: Trends and Impact in Latin America and the Caribbean

Blog Posts

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• The Impact from Global Value Chains Training

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