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Publications [#318940] of Gary Gereffi

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  1. Daly, J; Bamber, P; Gereffi, G, The Philippines in the Paper Global Value Chain (May, 2016), pp. 1-49, Duke CGGC (Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness)
    (last updated on 2024/03/18)

    Abstract:
    This report uses the Duke CGGC Global Value Chain (GVC) framework to examine the role of the Philippines in the global paper industry and identify opportunities for upgrading. The Philippines’ paper sector is a domestically oriented industry that provides significant indirect employment opportunities for wide swaths of workers as well as indirect exports for sectors such as electronics, food and beverage, and cosmetics. However, the country’s overall participation in the paper GVC is limited, with raw material constraints hindering export development. Abaca pulp production, a niche product category that uses the Manila hemp plant to generate specialized outputs such as tea bags and bank notes, is the country’s most dependable export, but even with the export value of abaca pulp approaching an all-time high in 2014, the overall paper industry only generated US$127 million in export revenue, 54th among 193 countries in the world.


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