Tag: Value Chains

Control over the global food value chain is getting consolidated in fewer private hands, posing serious security concerns Four current multibillion-dollar deals in the agriculture...

The Gender Dimensions of Services The service sector makes a substantial contribution to GDP, providing jobs, crucial inputs and public services. In 2014 the service sector accoun...

In today’s globalised world, production processes have been split up and different parts of production relocated around the world. Global value chains (GVCs) are now attributed t...

The ongoing changes in China’s economy may be an opportunity for African countries that now mainly export raw materials and oil, to adapt and diversify exports and move up the va...

Brian Mureverwi, tralac intern, comments on the launch of a new flagship trade report from The Commonwealth Secretariat The Commonwealth Secretariat is launching its inaugural Tra...

Growth in sub-Saharan Africa should remain robust but decelerate in the wake of the decline in oil and commodity prices. The IMF’s latest Regional Economic Outlook for sub-...

This year’s African Economic Outlook shows that Africa’s integration into global value chains (GVCs) is greater than one might have expected – in fact, Africa is th...

Empowering people through investments in skills and technology needed to boost development By participating more effectively in the global production of goods and services, Africa...

The need for sustainable structural transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is universally accepted and has more recently been reinforced by several international organisations,...