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The evolution of power in the global coffee value chain and production network

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  • Janina Grabs
  • Stefano Ponte

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The configurations of global value chains and production networks are constantly changing, leading to new trajectories and geographical distributions of value creation and capture. In this article, we offer a 40-year evolutionary perspective on power and governance in the global coffee value chain and production network. We identify three distinct phases that are characterised by different power dynamics, governance setups and distributional configurations. We find that the kinds of power exercised along the coffee chain have changed, but also that the underlying power inequities between Northern buyers and Southern producers have remained fundamentally unaltered.

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  • Janina Grabs & Stefano Ponte, 2019. "The evolution of power in the global coffee value chain and production network," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 19(4), pages 803-828.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jecgeo:v:19:y:2019:i:4:p:803-828.
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    Keywords

    Global value chains; global production networks; evolutionary economic geography; power; distributional configurations; coffee;
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    JEL classification:

    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
    • O20 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - General
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
    • Q17 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agriculture in International Trade

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