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Guus van Westen , Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Guus van Westen , Utrecht University, The Netherlands Bram van Helvoirt , Centre for Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries, The Netherlands Edo Andriesse , Khon Kaen University, Thailand.

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Guus van Westen , Utrecht University, The Netherlands

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  1. Guus van Westen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Bram van Helvoirt, Centre for Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries, The Netherlands Edo Andriesse, KhonKaen University, Thailand Regional opportunities and constraints to benefit from globalisation: A southeast Asian perspective

  2. Outcomes of two Ph.D theses: Van Helvoirt (2009) on regional development in the Philippines Andriesse (2008) on regional development on the Thailand-Malaysia border See also: chapter 8 in Helmsing, B and Vellema, S. (2011), Value chains, social inclusion and economic development: contrasting theories and realities. Abingdon: Routledge (Routledge Studies in Development Economics). Background

  3. What opportunities and constraints do regions (sub-national areas) have to benefit from globalisation? Who are the main actors: firms/entrepreneurs, local governments or central governments? To what extent are regional industries inserted in global value chains? How do regional elites promote/obstruct insertion in global value chains? Main questions

  4. Regional business systems Institutional embedding of firms Ethnic entrepreneurship/Guanxi Institutional lock-in Global value chains Central-local ties Theoretical concepts

  5. 194 firm questionnaires Semi-structured interviews with regional and national governmental agencies and business associations, regional politicians and other key informants. Research methodology

  6. Bohol, Cebu and Negros Oriental Satun and Perlis Research AREAS

  7. Satun (Thailand): a market-driven agro-industrial economy Perlis (Malaysia): a state driven-service economy Philippines: Cebu: a market-driven export manufacturing and service economy Negros Oriental: a post-colonial plantation economy Bohol: a small scale farming economy Research AREAs

  8. Functional (chain) networking Territorial networking Societal networking Empirical indicators

  9. Functional (chain) networking

  10. Territorial networking

  11. Societal networking

  12. Cebu: Globalisation and “Ceboom” Negros Oriental: De-globalising the sugar chain and institutional lock-in Bohol: “Shared poverty” and no insertion in GVCs Satun: Globalisation + exclusion of Islamic majority Perlis: Federal government obstructs insertion in GVCs Conclusions

  13. Regions can insert themselves in GVCs and benefit from globalisation through formal or informal arrangements and through three avenues: conclusions

  14. Direct by national policy Indirect by regional elites, although sometimes they do not wish to change, progress and adopt more inclusive approaches towards regional development Indirect by social economic policies such as education and infrastructure Conclusions

  15. Regional disparities within countries could very well widen because some regions globalise, whereas others are subject to relative de-globalisation (Perlis as a result of federal strategy; Negros Oriental of vested interests of regional elite). So, the spatial effects of globalisation are more complex than we thought. Conclusions

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