Governance, Entry Barriers, Upgrading: A Re-Interpretation of Some GVC Concepts from the Experience of African Clothing Exports

被引:65
作者
Gibbon, Peter [1 ]
机构
[1] Danish Inst Int Studies, Strandgade 56 1401, Copenhagen, Denmark
关键词
Africa; Clothing; Value chains; Governance; Trade; China;
D O I
10.1179/102452907X264511
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
On the basis of a discussion of African production of clothing for the EU and US markets over the last decade, this paper examines the influences of culturally-specific conventions of industrial organization and quality on GVC governance, entry barriers and suppliers' upgrading possibilities. The paper argues that, while US and EU conventions and governance forms are becoming more similar, neither financialization nor MFA phase-out have led to an eradication of differences in the shape of clothing production and trade into these markets. The trend is rather for existing differences to be reproduced in new forms, rather than being eradicated.
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