Rethinking the role of lead buyers in regional food value chains in Africa
Opportunities to develop regional food value chains and the role that supermarket chains can play.
Opportunities to develop regional food value chains and the role that supermarket chains can play.
Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic and the global financial crisis.
The potential for bringing production back home crucially depends on local innovation ecosystems.
China’s post-COVID-19 recovery may hold clues to the future of global value chains.
The recovery of supply chains can be supported through trade policies and firm-specific initiatives.
Automation and reshoring mitigate risks. Industrial policies aiming to reduce dependence on global supply chains could accelerate the trend.
COVID-19 struck at the core of GVC hub regions, with severe implications for international production networks.