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Item Open Access Economic and social upgrading in global production networks: A new paradigm for a changing world(International Labour Review, 2011-12-01) Barrientos, S; Gereffi, G; Rossi, AA key challenge in promoting decent work worldwide is how to improve the position of both firms and workers in value chains and global production networks driven by lead firms. This article develops a framework for analysing the linkages between the economic upgrading of firms and the social upgrading of workers. Drawing on studies which indicate that firm upgrading does not necessarily lead to improvements for workers, with a particular focus on the Moroccan garment industry, it outlines different trajectories and scenarios to provide a better understanding of the relationship between economic and social upgrading. The authors 2011 Journal compilation © International Labour Organization 2011.Item Open Access Introduction: Disruptions in global value chains – Continuity or change for labour governance?(International Labour Review, 2021-12-01) Gereffi, G; Posthuma, AC; Rossi, AGlobal production and trade organized in global value chains (GVCs) have structured labour governance and the conditions of work for multiple decades. Since the early 2000s, a series of new economic, technological and political disruptions, along with the current COVID-19 global health pandemic, have accentuated critical concerns about the role of labour governance and the future of work in the global economy. The articles in this Special Issue address these themes through original industry and country case studies, using both longitudinal and comparative research designs and mixed methods to offer insights into a labour governance framework that will fit future GVCs.Item Open Access Towards Better Work in Central America: Nicaragua and the CAFTA Context(Towards Better Work: Understanding Labour in Apparel Global Value Chains, 2014-01-01) Bair, J; Gereffi, G