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The role of supermarket chains in developing food, other fast-moving consumer goods and consumer goods suppliers in regional markets

Supermarkets are strong catalysts to stimulate the growth and development of producers and suppliers of processed food and manufactured products in Southern Africa. This paper assesses the role of supermarkets and governments in developing supplier capabilities through supplier development programmes. In South Africa, a shift is evident in recent approaches by supermarkets away from mere compliance as part of black economic empowerment or social responsibility objectives, to more mutually beneficial, commercially oriented and long-term investments to develop supplier capabilities. There is still considerable scope to replicate, broaden and deepen these programmes, including extending them to the region. The paper draws lessons from the Namibian Retail Sector Charter of 2016 as the first and only sector-wide intervention in the region that combines a voluntary code of conduct and supplier development commitments. The paper further highlights interventions internationally through codes of conduct as a useful way to reduce possible abuses of supermarket buyer power.

ISBN
978-92-9256-693-7
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2019/59

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Economic Integration
Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; Tobacco; Wine and Spirits
Other Consumer Nondurables: Clothing, Textiles, Shoes, and Leather Goods; Household Goods; Sports Equipment
Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce
Thema
supermarkets
supplier development programmes
upgrading
industrialization
retail codes of conduct

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Das Nair, Reena
Landani, Namhla
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
(wo)
Helsinki
(wann)
2019

DOI
doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2019/693-7
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Das Nair, Reena
  • Landani, Namhla
  • The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Entstanden

  • 2019

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