This article offers a comprehensive and systematic review of the literature on Global Value
Chains (GVCs). The GVC framework has received growing attention in the last decade …

This paper examines the role of state policymaking in a context of global value chains
(GVCs). While the literature acknowledges that states matter in GVCs, there is little …

Supply-chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are of unparalleled magnitude
because of a confluence of circumstances: a sudden rise in demand for some products …

Activists have exposed startling forms of labor exploitation and environmental degradation in
global industries, leading many large retailers and brands to adopt standards for fairness …

Only ten years ago, there were more internet users in countries like France or Germany than
in all of Africa put together. But much has changed in a decade. The year 2018 marks the …

A contingency allowance is an amount of money used to provide for uncertainties
associated with a construction project. Traditionally, it is a percentage addition on top of the …

This paper, based on historical and contemporary dynamics of railway infrastructures in
Kenya, analyses how mega-infrastructures are central in state practices of infrastructural …

This article examines whether low‐income countries can still benefit from participating in
manufacturing global value chains (GVCs) in terms of broader industrial development in a …

Regional value chains (RVCs) and South–South trade are increasingly considered key
features of 21st-century globalisation. This article investigates how RVCs are shaped by the …

Value chain interventions are increasingly used by donors in the context of private sector
development. The paper develops a typology of such interventions, and presents the case of …