Programmes & projectsRe-regulation, Finance and Developing CountriesOur research in this area investigates the role of standards in the ongoing re-regulation of finance. Focusing on international standards in accounting, banking supervision, and corporate governance, the research takes a particular interest in the extent to which international standards are adopted in low-income countries and emerging market economies, and in their impact on the organization and regulation of these economies. Contact person: Jakob Vestergaard StandardsThis area of research focuses on: the role that standards are playing in current debates on re-regulation of finance and the global economy; and the evolution and implementation of a new generation of public and private standards concerning agro-food safety, quality, and social and environmental sustainability. under this agenda, in 2010 we are concluding a 5-year research and capacity building programme called "Standards and Agro-Food Exports" in collaboration with Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania. Contact person: Peter Gibbon. Value ChainsOur research in this area builds upon more than a decade of work on agro-food value chains, with specific focus on Africa. We are engaged in both theoretical and policy-oriented discussions in this realm. Our focus is on understanding how the terms and conditions of participation in value chains affect rewards, risk and vulnerability of actors. We are interested in dissecting the dynamics of governance in value chains, and the possibilities and pitfalls of different upgrading trajectories for developing country farms and firms. Currently, we are involved in an international research network and programme called "Capturing the Gains", which is seeking to examine overlaps and sources of conflict between economic, social and environmental upgrading in global value chains. Contact person: Stefano Ponte
This area of research is conducted under contract with Danida. It examines the emergence of new or renewed (older) sources of finance for development in Sub-Sharan Africa, against the background of a downward trend in traditional ODA. The sources include FDI, other private capital flows, remittances, aid from non-DAC donors, private philanthropic funds and structured financial instruments directed at financing infrastructure and the social sector. It poses the questions of the extent to which these new sources are marginalizing ODA, and of their complementarities and conflicts with ODA and its objectives. Contact person: Sam Jones
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