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dc.contributor.authorBARRIENTOS, Stephanie
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-30T14:33:03Z
dc.date.available2014-09-30T14:33:03Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn1028-3625
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/32897
dc.description.abstractSupermarkets and agri-food companies increasingly dominate the production and retailing of food across the global south and north. They operate through global value chains (GVC) within which trade is coordinated by consumer-focused lead firms. This is generating jobs and incomes for workers and smallholders, a significant proportion female. Women contribute to enhancing productivity and quality in GVCs, but outcomes for improving their well-being appear to be mixed. The paper develops a gendered global value chain analysis as a frame for analysing processes of economic and social upgrading and downgrading in GVCs. It draws on case studies from African traditional and high value agro-exports to highlight three scenarios where: i. economic and partial social upgrading have gone together (floriculture); ii. upgrading and downgrading outcomes are mixed (horticulture); and iii. economic and social downgrading have gone together (cocoa). It considers the intersection of GVCs and gender embeddedness in shaping gender dynamics, and the role of private, civil society and public governance in promoting more gender equitable economic and social upgrading.en
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dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUI RSCASen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2014/96en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobal Governance Programme-130en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobal Economicsen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectGlobal value chainsen
dc.subjectAgri-fooden
dc.subjectUpgradingen
dc.subject.otherTrade, investment and international cooperation
dc.titleGender and global value chains : challenges of economic and social upgrading in agri-fooden
dc.typeWorking Paperen
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