Private Standards, Trade and Poverty: GlobalGAP and Horticultural Employment in Senegal

By Liesbeth Colen, M. Maertens, Jo Swinnen. 2012

121 citations recorded by the source corpus.

There is a growing body of literature that analyses the implications of private food standards for developing countries. Most of this literature has focused on the trade effects of standards and on the effects on exporters and producers. Very few studies have looked at the effect of standards for workers in export supply chains – although this is important for poverty reduction. In this paper, we use original panel data from surveys among workers in the horticultural export industry in Senegal to analyse the effects of GlobalGAP certification of exporter–producer companies on the employment conditions of workers in these companies. The results suggest that GlobalGAP certification is associated with an increase in workers’ daily wages and with longer employment periods. We put forward different explanations for the mechanism through which these effects on employment conditions can emerge.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, Strategy and Management

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. M. Maertens
2. Jo Swinnen
3. John C. Beghin
4. T. Reardon
5. F. Santeramo
6. M. Qaim
7. E. Lamonaca
8. Lars J. Olson

In Political Science and International Relations

1. Jo Swinnen
2. M. Maertens
3. John C. Beghin

In Strategy and Management

1. M. Maertens
2. Jo Swinnen
3. John C. Beghin
4. M. Qaim

Citations in the corpus

• Non-Tariff Measures and Standards in Trade and Global Value Chains (2015, background): “Colen et al. (2012) indicate that certification to GlobalGAP increases the length of the export season for vegetable export companies in Senegal.”