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GDI Book Talk – Global Shifts: Business, Politics, and Deforestation in a Changing World Economy

Dates:17 April 2024
Times:12:00 - 14:00
What is it:Lecture
Organiser:Global Development Institute
Who is it for:External researchers, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public
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Organised by GDI's Global Production Networks, Trade, and Labour (GPNTL) group and Resources, Environment, and Development (RED) group.

Philip Schleifer (University of Amsterdam) discusses his new book. In recent years, major shifts in global markets from North to South have created a new geography of trade and consumption in the agricultural sector. The processes of twenty-first-century globalization are fundamentally changing the politics and governance of agricultural supply chains, Schleifer argues, with profound implications for the environment and the effectiveness of transnational business governance. He offers a political economy analysis of the deepening crisis of commodity-driven deforestation and explores the complex and evolving picture of both the risks and opportunities for sustainable commodity governance in the current phase of globalization.

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Philip Schleifer is Associate Professor of Transnational Governance at the Political Science Department at the University of Amsterdam. His research agenda focuses on the politics and governance of sustainability in the global economy. His past and present projects investigate the effectiveness and transparency of voluntary standards in global value chains, the political economy of commodity production, and the politics of supply chain regulation in the European Union.

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