Wim Pelupessy
Tilburg University
22 Papers
151 Citations
Wim Pelupessy is an academic researcher from Tilburg University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Commodity chain & Globalization. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 22 publications.
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Papers
Governing the coffee chain: The role of voluntary regulatory Systems
Roldan Muradian,Wim Pelupessy +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the advantages and limitations of such schemes, their impact on the chain's governance, and their implications for farmers' upgrading, and conclude that participation in these systems does not ensure a better economic performance, but it may facilitate coordination between roasters/traders and some growers, which may lead to upgrading opportunities.
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World City Networks and Global Commodity Chains: towards a world‐systems' integration
TL;DR: There are two literatures that explicitly describe spaces of flows that constitute contemporary globalization: world city network analysis and global commodity chain analysis as mentioned in this paper, and the possibilities of their integration by returning to their common origins in world-systems analysis are explored.
World city networks and global commodity chains: towards a world-systems' integration
Ed Brown,Ben Derudder,Christof Parnreiter,Wim Pelupessy,Peter J. Taylor,Frank Witlox +5 more
- 01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: There are two literatures that explicitly describe spaces of flows that constitute contemporary globalization: world city network analysis and global commodity chain analysis as mentioned in this paper, and the possibilities of their integration by returning to their common origins in world-systems analysis.
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Upgrading of Lowland coffee in Central America
Wim Pelupessy,Rafael Díaz +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a combined environmental-global commodity chain approach to question the new common wisdom, which implies that cultivation on low and medium-altitude lands should be discouraged, which means that 60% of the coffee growers and workers will lose their means of subsistence in this region.
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Agrarian policies in Central America.
Wim Pelupessy,Ruerd Ruben +1 more
TL;DR: A critical appraisal of Agrarian policies in Central America, W. Pelupessy et al institutional constraints and internal dynamics of land reform in El Salvador and Taiwan, the authors comparative advantage of food crops under structural adjustment in Nicaragua, R. Ruben et al.
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