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. Ed(S): Helmsing, A. H. J.; Vellema, Sietze - Value Chains, Social Inclusion and Economic Development: Contrasting Theories and Realities - 9781138244009 - V9781138244009
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Value Chains, Social Inclusion and Economic Development: Contrasting Theories and Realities

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Description for Value Chains, Social Inclusion and Economic Development: Contrasting Theories and Realities paperback. Editor(s): Helmsing, A. H. J.; Vellema, Sietze. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 33 black & white tables, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .

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 ... Read more

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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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138244009
SKU
V9781138244009
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About . Ed(S): Helmsing, A. H. J.; Vellema, Sietze
A.H.J. (Bert) Helmsing is Professor of Local and Regional Development, International Institute of Social Studies at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Sietze Vellema is Associate Professor at the Technology and Agrarian Development group of Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and Senior Researcher/Program Leader at their Agricultural Economics Research Institute.

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