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Globalisation in Flux: What does the Transformation of Value Chains mean for the Governance of Decent Work?

by GDI | Jun 17, 2025 | Comment

by Louisa Hann The exploitation of workers and the governance of decent work in global value chains (GVCs) represent long-standing issues spanning Development Studies, Political Economy, Economic Geography and International Business. While private and public ethical...

Trump’s Tariffs: Is This the End of Globalisation and Global Value Chains?

by GDI | Apr 7, 2025 | Comment

Khalid Nadvi, Professor of International Development, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester 5 April 2025 As financial markets across the world continue to reel from the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on April 2nd – so-called ‘Liberation...

COVID-19 deaths and global value chains: Labour losses cast long shadows

by GDI | Oct 29, 2024 | Comment

by Dr Gindo Tampubolon, Reader in Global Health The COVID-19 pandemic forced countries to make difficult choices between protecting lives and supporting livelihoods, including jobs in global value chains (GVCs). While some countries reinforced onshore manufacturing...

Watch and Listen| Jennifer Bair on Global Value Chains, Market-Making and the Rise of Precarious Work

by Global Development Institute | May 12, 2016 | Comment

Dr Jennifer Bair, University of Colorado at Boulder, recently gave a keynote lecture as part of the Brown/Manchester Workshop on Global Production Networks and Social Upgrading: Labour and Beyond. The workshop, funded by the Watson Institute’s Brown...

International Women’s Day

by developmentatmanchester | Mar 6, 2015 | Comment, Policy, Research Findings

by Brooks World Poverty Institute International Women’s Day on Sunday 8th March celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women. Brooks World Poverty Institute research demonstrates that women play a vital role in improving global value chains – as...

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Globalisation in Flux: What does the Transformation of Value Chains mean for the Governance of Decent Work?

Trump’s Tariffs: Is This the End of Globalisation and Global Value Chains?

COVID-19 deaths and global value chains: Labour losses cast long shadows

Watch and Listen| Jennifer Bair on Global Value Chains, Market-Making and the Rise of Precarious Work

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