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2025
Samuel Siewers
The (other) China shock and the Brazilian soy boom: Cui bono?...
Building upon the argument that factor endowments influence distributional outcomes, this paper examines the consequences of the China shock to global food markets f...

2025
Samuel Siewers, Inmaculada Martínez-...
Global value chains and firms’ environmental performance...
This paper analyzes the link between joining global value chains (GVCs) and firms’ environmental performance. Based on new survey data for firms in countries in Ce...

2025
Franca Angela Buelow, Ann Brower, Nic...
Framing resilience: Post-disaster communication in Aotearoa-New Zealan...
Realising resilience requires long-term, strategic transformation. However, this is often forestalled by immediate, often reactive, post-disaster needs. Here, we use...

2025
Sandra Ricart, Antonio Rico, Nick Kir...
How to improve governance in multifunctional irrigation systems? Balan...
The aim of this article is to conduct an evidence-based analysis of stakeholder engagement in decision-making processes affecting multifunctional irrigation systems....

2025
Nicholas A. Cradock-Henry, Stephen F...
Adaptation knowledge for New Zealand’s primary industries: Known, no...
Climate sensitive primary industries including pastoral farming, high-value horticulture and viticulture are central to Aotearoa-New Zealand’s economy. While advan...

2025
Franca Buelow and Nicholas Cradock-He...
What You Sow Is What You Reap? (Dis-)Incentives for Adaptation Intenti...
Adaptation by farmers and other land managers responsible for climate-sensitive activities is central to ensuring resilience in the face of ongoing climate variabili...

2025
Eleni Yitbarek, Wondimagegn Tesfaye
From Farm to Market: Impacts of Climate Shocks on Selected Agricultura...
While many of the studies to date have focused on the production end of the value chain—i.e., ways to help farmers grow more food, there is limited evidence regard...

2025
Yazeed Abdul Mumin, Williams Ali
Global Value Chains and Income Inequality in Africa...
Recent technological advances and policy initiatives present Africa with enormous growth potential from participating in global value chains (GVCs). However, the wid...

2025
Kadoukpè Gildas Magbondé
Institutional Drivers of Global Value Chains Participation in African ...
Despite the expansion of global value chains (GVCs) over the last three decades, African countries trail the other developing regions in terms of GVC integration. Ye...

2025
Asmaa Ezzat, Chahir Zaki
An Empirical Assessment of the Nexus Between Competition Policy and Gl...
Efficient institutions matter in promoting Global Value Chains (GVCs) participation since they help reduce transaction costs for firms that engage in trade. Competit...