Lombardozzi, Lorena (2021) 'Unpacking state-led upgrading: empirical evidencefrom Uzbek horticulture value chain governance.' Review of International Political Economy, 28 (4). pp. 947-973.
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Abstract
This paper brings together the Global Value Chain/Global Production Network (GVC/GPNs) and the Developmental State (DS) literature to analyze state-led upgrading. By triangulating primary and secondary data on Uzbekistan’s horticulture value chain, it provides a micro-meso analysis of how the state, by creating vertical and horizontal linkages, shaped the pace and direction of agro-industrial upgrading. It discusses how targeted macroeconomic policies enabled upgrading and argues that the state should be seen not only as a regulator, facilitator, buyer and producer within GVC/GPNs, but also as a coordinator of strategic developmental objectives beyond and across the GVCs. Drawing on a strategic-relational approach and using the concept of organisational upgrading, it shows how the state articulates the institutional context of GVC/GPNs through the establishment of financial and political partnerships with international actors to avoid predatory competition; the coordination of inter-sectorial spillovers for short and long-term collective learning and capacity building; and the creation of linkages to enable multi-dimensional and inter-temporal developmental objectives. Coordinated state interventions and a gradual approach to market reforms were instrumental in ensuring the sustainability of the economic transformation.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Keywords: | state, upgrading, governance, industrial policy, trade, agri-business, GVC/GPN |
SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Department of Development Studies |
ISSN: | 09692290 |
Copyright Statement: | This is the version of the article accepted for publication in Review of International Political Economy, 28 (4). pp. 947-973 (2021), published by Taylor and Francis. Re-use is subject to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2020.1737563 |
Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2024 08:20 |
URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/43047 |
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