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Prospects for labor-related upgrading in global supply chains

In: Handbook on Globalisation and Labour Standards

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  • Layna Mosley

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To what extent do market-based mechanisms create incentives for upgrading workers' rights and working conditions? An optimistic approach would note that global supply chains offer developing country firms the promise of expanded market opportunities; servicing these markets may require better treatment of workers. Conversely, a more pessimistic account would cite global supply chain relationships - and firms' desire to access such networks - as generating further pressures to reduce working conditions and compensation. In this chapter, I suggest that global supply chains can provide opportunities for upgrading. In doing so, I draw on recent research on foreign-owned firms in Vietnam. I also note, however, that the conditions under which upgrading occurs may be rather limited, given other analyses of private governance and labor-related outcomes in (among other places) the Bangladesh ready-made garment sector.

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  • Layna Mosley, 2022. "Prospects for labor-related upgrading in global supply chains," Chapters, in: Handbook on Globalisation and Labour Standards, chapter 8, pages 142-164, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:18768_8
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