Global value chains and traditional supply chains: Evidence from Guatemala. (25th June 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dürr, Jochen
• Is Part Of: Development policy review. Volume 36(2018:Mar.)Supplement 2
• Page Start: O857
• Page End: O879
• Publication Date: 2018-06-25
• Subjects: global value chains -- informal sector -- micro and small enterprises -- smallholder agriculture -- traditional supply chains; Developing countries -- Economic policy -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; 338.91
• DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12348
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0950-6764

Abstract

Abstract: Global value chains have been at the centre of recent research, but traditional supply chains have been given much less attention. However, quantitative data on both chain types is scarce. Therefore, it remains unclear how much smallholders, formal and informal sectors in traditional and global value chains contribute to gross domestic product (GDP), employment generation and income distribution. This article, by using a broad primary data set of 28 value chains in Guatemala, evidences that traditional chains contribute substantially to the national economy and that the income generated is much more equally distributed than in global value chains.