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Integrating Poverty and Environmental Concerns into Value‐Chain Analysis: A Conceptual Framework
Author(s) -
Bolwig Simon,
Ponte Stefano,
Du Toit Andries,
Riisgaard Lone,
Halberg Niels
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2010.00480.x
Subject(s) - poverty , livelihood , global value chain , sustainability , restructuring , value (mathematics) , conceptual framework , value chain , business , economics , economic system , public economics , development economics , economic growth , globalization , supply chain , market economy , sociology , marketing , geography , social science , ecology , archaeology , finance , machine learning , computer science , biology , agriculture
Many policy prescriptions emphasise poverty reduction through closer integration of poor people or areas with global markets. Global value chain (GVC) studies reveal how firms and farms in developing countries are upgraded by being integrated in global markets, but few explicitly document the impact on poverty, gender and the environment, or conversely, how value chain restructuring is in turn mediated by local history, social relations and environmental factors. This article develops a conceptual framework that can help overcome the shortcomings in ‘standalone’ value‐chain, livelihood and environmental analyses by integrating the ‘vertical’ and ‘horizontal’ aspects of value chains that together affect poverty and sustainability.