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Value Chains, Social Inclusion and Economic Development - Contrasting Theories and Realities (Hardcover, New)
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Value Chains, Social Inclusion and Economic Development - Contrasting Theories and Realities (Hardcover, New)
Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics
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Lead firms, development organisations, donors and governments view
value chains and voluntary standards as vital instruments for
achieving millennium development goals through trade and
market-related interventions. The precise foundations for these
development strategies, which suggest positive development outcomes
from integration of poor actors into value chains, are as yet
underdeveloped. The interdisciplinary work in this volume shows how
trade is managed and asks theory-driven questions about how value
chains relate to locally-rooted development processes. Policy
makers and development practitioners are increasingly using value
chain analysis to frame pro-poor development interventions. This
book offers multiple conceptualizations of development outcomes of
inclusion of small producers, firms and workers in value chains.
Processes of inclusion at different scales are unpacked in order to
identify the terms of participation of small producers, firms and
workers. As value chains are embedded, the book further argues that
inclusion can be conceptualized as the degree of alignment between
value chain logics and the institutions and capacities in the local
business system. The combination of inclusive governance and
endogenous development informs a grounded debate on roles of
development-oriented partnerships. Chapters in this volume draw on
multiple strands of economics, sociology, political science,
geography and management studies; and for empirical grounding
engage in comparative analysis of cases from Latin America,
SubSaharan Africa and East and South East Asia. These are combined
with processes taking place at a global level, such as the
proliferation of standards and the growth of roundtables and
multi-stakeholder partnerships. The contributions explore contrasts
- between contexts, between industries or commodities/products, and
between conceptual frameworks; and the context dependency of
development impact necessitates cross-case investigations. This
collection will be of interest to scholars in development studies,
economics, business studies, as well as to development policy
makers.
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