Definition and Tips By Stacey Frederick If you have a vested interest in economic, social and/or environmental development, then you need to understand how global value chains (GVCs) operate. Complexity is here to stay. Firms in widely separate locations affect one another more than they have in the past. While…

GVC Analysis: A Tool to Promote Economic Development By Gary Gereffi and Karina Fernandez-Stark The global economy is increasingly structured around global value chains (GVCs). The evolution of GVCs has significant implications for global trade, production and employment and how developing country firms, producers and workers integrate into the global…

The Power of Russia’s Wheat Economy and How It Impacts Food Security in the Middle East By Duke University researchers Ghada Ahmed, Sona Nahapetyan, Danny Hamrick and Jonathan Morgan Most people don’t like to wait longer than expected for food at a restaurant. Such displeasure personally is significantly magnified at…

Global Value Chain (GVC) research can play an important role in addressing key development and competitiveness issues. It allows one to understand where, how, and by whom economic, social and environmental value is created and distributed. Various stakeholders can use the results of a value chain analysis to devise industrial…

By Karina Fernandez-Stark It is vital for countries to understand the global value chains (GVCs) of their key industries in order to integrate in the international economy. It can be crucial to development and improved competitiveness. Many policymakers are not familiar with GVC analysis and are also unaware about the…

The Perils of Economic Nationalism according to Gary Gereffi Is economic nationalism sustainable? The answer is no, according to Gary Gereffi, director of the Duke Unversity GVC Center. “National economies can’t be self-contained industries. They have to tie in to other parts of the world. …

By Jack Daly What opportunities does regional collaboration offer for economic unions such as the East African Community (EAC)? The International Growth Centre (IGC) and Duke CGGC researched this issue with respect to three sectors that national governments in the region have prioritized: dairy processing, maize (corn) and tourism. THE…

What is the future of manufacturing? Gary Gereffi, director of the Duke University Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness, has been researching the competitive strategies of global firms, the governance of global value chains, industrial upgrading in East Asia and Latin America and the emerging global knowledge economy. Professor Gereffi…

Participation as suppliers in Global Value Chains has provided many benefits to Asia such as increased employment in higher value activities, reduction in poverty and the heightened participation of women in these modern sectors. There are also weaknesses in these developments such as the continuation of sweatshop conditions in several…