Overview

Three link local producers with global markets: a cocoa cooperative of 45,000 producers in Ghana who are co-owners of a chocolate company in the UK; family-based cooperatives in Samoa which produce organic virgin coconut oil and related value-added products for export to Australia, New Zealand and Germany; and newly-established small enterprises in Mozambique which are helping to regenerate the cashew processing and export industry. Three focus on improving the working conditions of the hundreds of thousands of wage workers in global value chains: those in the fruit exporting industry in South Africa; those in the garment export industry in Bangladesh; and those in the newly created call centres in India. Each case study is written by a team of international and national researchers and aims to present decision makers with concrete examples of how policies and programmes which shift the balance of access, power and returns within global value chains can assist the working poor to derive greater benefits from globalization.

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Author:   Marilyn Carr
Publisher:   Commonwealth Secretariat
Imprint:   Commonwealth Secretariat
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.417kg
ISBN:  

9780850927986

ISBN 10:   0850927986
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   01 October 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Introduction by Marilyn Carr Case Studies From Tree-minders to Global Players: Cocoa Farmers in Ghana by Pauline Tiffin, Jacqui MacDonald, Haruna Maamah and Frema Osei-Opare Tradition, Trade and Technology: Virgin Coconut Oil in Samoa by John Cretney and Adimaimalaga Tafuna'i Cashing in on Cashew Nuts: Women Producers and Factory Workers in Mozambique by Nazneen Kanji, Carin Vijfhuizen, Carla Braga and Luis Artur National Labour Legislation in an Informal Context: Women Workers in Export Horticulture in South Africa by Stephanie Barrientos, Andrienetta Kritzinger and Hester Rossouw Rags, Riches and Women Workers: Export-oriented Garment Manufacturing in Bangladesh by Naila Kabeer and Simeen Mahmud On the Threshold of Informalization: Women Call Centre Workers in India by Swasti Mitter, Grace Fernandez and Shaiby Varghese The Trade Policy Context by Sheila Page Lessons Learned by Marilyn Carr About the contributors

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