What Happens When the Market Shifts to China? The Gabon Timber and Thai Cassava Value Chains

Kaplinsky, Raphael; Terheggen, Anne; Tijaja, Julia

What Happens When the Market Shifts to China? The Gabon Timber and Thai Cassava Value Chains

Autores

Kaplinsky, Raphael

Terheggen, Anne

Tijaja, Julia

Editor

World Bank, Washington, DC

Descripción

Rapid economic growth in China has boosted its demand for commodities. At the same time, many commodity sectors have experienced declining demand from high-income northern economies. This paper examines two hypotheses of the consequences of this shift in final markets for the organization of global value chains in general, and for the role played in them by southern producers in particular. The first is that there will be a decline in the importance of standards in global value chains. The second is that there will be increasing constraints in the ability of low-income producers to upgrade to higher value niches in their chains. Detailed case studies of the Thai cassava industry and the Gabon timber sector confirm both these hypotheses. It remains to be seen how widespread these trends are across other sectors.

Palabras clave

ACCOUNTING, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, AGRICULTURAL PRICE, AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL FEED, ANIMAL FEEDS, AUCTION, BANANAS, BARRIERS TO ENTRY, BARTER, BASIC NEEDS, BRAND, CARBON, CASSAVA, CASSAVA STARCH, CEREAL PRICE, CEREALS, CHILD LABOR, CHILD LABOR STANDARDS, CLEANLINESS, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMERCE, COMMON PROPERTY, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPETITIVE MARKETS, COMPETITIVENESS, CONSUMERS, CONTAINERS, CORN, DATES, DEFORESTATION, DELIVERY OF SERVICES, DEMAND FOR FOOD, DEMAND GROWTH, DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DIVISION OF LABOR, DRIVERS, ECOLOGY, ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, ECONOMIC RESEARCH, ECONOMICS, ELASTICITIES, EMISSIONS, EMPLOYMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, ENVIRONMENTS, EXPLOITATION, EXPORT MARKET, EXPORT MARKETS, EXPORTS, EXTERNAL MARKET, EXTERNALITIES, FAIR, FEED PRODUCTION, FINISHED PRODUCTS, FISCAL POLICY, FISHERIES, FLOUR, FOOD CHAIN, FOOD HYGIENE, FOOD INDUSTRIES, FOOD INDUSTRY, FOOD PRODUCT, FOODGRAINS, FOODS, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FORESTRY, FREE TRADE, GDP, GERMS, GROWTH MODELS, GROWTH THEORY, HAZARD, HIGH WAGES, INCOME, INDUSTRIALIZATION, INNOVATION, INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS, INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOR, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, LABOR COSTS, LAND USE, LOGGING