Upgrading primary production: A global commodity chain approach

Authors
Gibbon, P
Citation
P. Gibbon, Upgrading primary production: A global commodity chain approach, WORLD DEV, 29(2), 2001, pp. 345-363
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
EnvirnmentalStudies Geografy & Development
Journal title
WORLD DEVELOPMENT
ISSN journal
0305750X → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
345 - 363
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-750X(200102)29:2<345:UPPAGC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Global commodity chain (GCC) analysis has been concerned mainly with examin ing power relations in global manufacturing industries, although it has bee n preoccupied increasingly by the question of how developing country (DC) p roducers can upgrade. This paper extends GCC analysis to "traditional" prim ary commodities. where international traders exercise the "driving" role, a nd suggests a new agenda Tor their upgrading in DCs. based upon public acti on. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.