Traveling concepts: the process of institutionalization of the GVC approach in two United Nations agencies
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development, global value chains, ILO, UNIDO, institutionalizationAbstract
The Global Value Chain approach has been increasingly used in academic circles since the beginning of the century as a novel tool for the analysis of the productive fragmentation of the capitalist system. Its diffusion and acceptance has led to its introduction in a wide variety of international organizations, establishing itself as the new development strategy for peripheral countries within the post-Washington Consensus scenario. The article critically explore the conceptual journey of this approach from the academic field to the two pioneering institutions in its assimilation: the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Centered on the reconstruction of three stages, it shows an evolution that describes continuities rather than ruptures with the neoliberal period, based on a common platform with emphasis on the subnational scale and actors.
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