A recurring topic facing development practitioners is understanding why certain economic actors are unable to gainfully participate in global value chains (GVCs), and how to overcome this issue. Inclusive development seeks to ensure all parties have equal opportunities to gainfully...
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) sponsored a series of GVC research projects in a variety of Latin American countries, including a project to help the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the IDB to design and evaluate new GVC projects for...
The Duke GVC Center partnered with the International Growth Centre to analyze three value chains in Rwanda and Uganda: dairy processing, maize and tourism. The objective of the study was to identify areas where regional integration could strengthen the chain.
GVCC and the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET) investigated industrial upgrading opportunities for the Korean economy from a GVC perspective. The project team included Stacey Frederick, Penny Bamber, and Lukas Brun, and in Korea, Joonkoo Lee at...
Competitiveness is key to sustainable inclusion in any value chain (the full range of activities that are required to bring a product from its conception to its end use and beyond). Essentially competitiveness is the ability to provide the desired...
In the Manufacturing Climate Solutions (2008-2009) series for EDF, value chain analysis is used to shed light on U.S. “green job” opportunities linked to carbon-reducing technologies in 12 industries. Each of the 12 reports look at the linkages between low-carbon...
For many countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, issues like food security, workforce development, trade policies and gender equality are key to improving competitiveness. In terms of food security in the region, the rising costs of wheat...
Civil unrest in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has periodically affected oil and gas exports from the region, helping to drive global surges in fuel prices, and in turn food prices. If future food price spikes last too...