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    Understanding regional value chains through the interaction of public and private governance: Insights from Southern Africa’s apparel sector

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    Authors
    Pasquali, Giovanni; email: giovanni.pasquali@manchester.ac.uk
    Godfrey, Shane
    Nadvi, Khalid
    Publication Date
    2020-09-23
    Submitted date
    2019-08-31
    
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    Abstract: Regional value chains (RVCs) and South–South trade are increasingly considered key features of 21st-century globalisation. This article investigates how RVCs are shaped by the interaction of private and public governance. It evaluates how this interaction unfolded in Southern Africa’s apparel RVCs, exploring trade, investment and labour regimes across three levels of analysis: national, regional, and global. The paper draws on trade data, secondary literature, and interviews with suppliers and institutions in Eswatini and Lesotho (the largest exporters to the region), and lead firms in South Africa (the largest regional importer). The findings underline the critical role of public governance in shaping retailers’ and suppliers’ participation in RVCs through: (i) regional ‘trade regimes’ protecting regional exporters from global competitors, and recent shifts in global trade regimes; (ii) national and regional ‘investment regimes’ facilitating investment flows from South Africa to Lesotho and Eswatini, and the more recent shift of US-oriented suppliers towards regional markets; and (iii) ‘labour regimes’, including lower wages, less comprehensive labour legislation and weaker trade unions in Lesotho and Eswatini compared to South Africa. The article concludes by considering the policy implications of the interaction of private and public governance for existing and future RVCs in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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    Journal of International Business Policy, volume 4, issue 3, page 368-389
    Publisher
    Palgrave Macmillan UK
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10034/625918
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    article
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    From Springer Nature via Jisc Publications Router
    History: received 2019-08-31, rev-recd 2020-08-06, accepted 2020-08-21, registration 2020-08-25, pub-electronic 2020-09-23, online 2020-09-23, pub-print 2021-09
    Publication status: Published
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