Global Value Chains and Product Differentiation: Changing the Politics of Trade

Changing features of global value chains

Capturing the Gains in Global Value Chains: Trade in Intermediates and Value Added Erosion

Many countries in 1995-2008 have experienced what we call “value added erosion”, which describes the phenomenon of the decline in the shares of domestic value added in a country’s exports as the country becomes more integrated into the Global Value Chains (GVCs). We argue that the decline of domestic value added share in a country’s exports is likely to be caused by the expansion of high value-...

The Politics of Researching Global Health Politics; Comment on “Knowledge, Moral Claims and the Exercise of Power in Global Health”

In this comment, I build on Shiffman’s call for the global health community to more deeply investigate structural and productive power. I highlight two challenges we must grapple with as social scientists carrying out the types of investigation that Shiffman proposes: the politics of  challenging the powerful; and the need to investigate types of expertise that have traditionally been thought o...

Aid for Trade and engaging with global value chains: developing trade and reducing food insecurity?

Acknowledgements The author is grateful to comments received from Sheila Page of the ODI and assistance from Jane Kennan on developing this draft. In addition, the author is very grateful to the support provided by Leonard Oduori, CABE, Nairobi, Kenya and inputs received from various stakeholders during the interview process. This report is adapted from a larger programme of work funded by the ...

the relationship between field-related cognitive styles and global reading comprehension of hypertext

this study investigates the relationship between field-related cognitive styles and global reading comprehension of hypertext. technically, field dependency is prevailing dominance of field on perception of parts, while global comprehension is skim-like reading to grasp the general content. in this research project, 60 senior and junior students of arak university majoring in english literature...