DEV Working Paper Series
The Working Paper Series profiles research and policy work conducted by the School of International Development and International Development UEA. Launched in 2007, it provides an opportunity for staff, associated researchers and fellows to disseminate original research and policy advice on a wide range of subjects. All papers are peer reviewed within the School. Recent past work, provided it meets the standards required and has contemporary significance is also welcome.
The DEV Research Briefings series presents policy-relevant evidence and insights from research conducted by staff in the School of International Development and International Development UEA.
Gross-Camp, N., Inturias, M., Jun, He., Kebede, B., Martin, A., Massao, G., Rodriguez, I (2016). Making commercial markets work for community forestry: lessons learned from a focus on environmental justice. DEV Research Briefing 14 (November) University of East Anglia, Norwich
Gross-Camp, N., Rodriguez, I., Martin, A., Jun, H., Massao, G., Inturias, M (2016). Using participatory video as a research tool to capture dimesions of environment justice. DEV Research Briefing 12 (January). University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Martin, A., Ball, S., Gross-camp, N., Inturias, M., Jun, H., Kebede, B., Makala, J., Massao, G., Rodriguez, I., Sikor, T. (2014)Conservation, Markets and Justice—A comparative study of local and global conceptions DEV Research Briefing 11 (December) University of East Anglia, Norwich
Locke, C, Kantor, P, Morgan, M and Kawarazuka, N (2014) The Social-Ecological Systems Framework: Potential for Analysing Gender and Social Change? DEV Research Briefing 10 (November) University of East Anglia, Norwich
Sikor, T (2013) Redd+: Justice effects of technical design. DEV Research Briefing 9 (February) University of East Anglia, Norwich
Jun, H and Sikor, T (2013) Towards Just Watershed Management in China: Current Practice and Future Prospects. DEV Research Briefing 8 (February) University of East Anglia, Norwich
Sikor, T and Newell, P (2014) Why Global Environmental Justice?. DEV Research Briefing 7 (December), University of East Anglia, Norwich
Few, R (2012) Health, environment and the ecosystem services framework: A justice critique. DEV Research Briefing 6 (December), University of East Anglia, Norwich
Zeitoun, M (2012) Basin Justice: Using social justice to address gaps in river basin management. DEV Research Briefing 5 (December), University of East Anglia, Norwich
Jenkins, R (2012) Chinese Competition and the Restructuring of South African Manufacturing. DEV Research Briefing 4 (August), University of East Anglia, Norwich
Rao, N., (2011) Gender, Caste and Growth in India. DEV Research Briefing 3 (September), University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Jenkins, R. (2011) Brazilian manufacturing in the face of Chinese competition. DEV Research Briefing 2 (July), University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Redondo, N. and Lloyd-Sherlock, P. (2011) Institutional care for older people in developing countries: under the policy radar? The case of Buenos Aires, Argentina. DEV Research Briefing 1 (February), University of East Anglia, Norwich.
The DEV Research Briefings series presents policy-relevant evidence and insights from research conducted by staff in the School of International Development and International Development UEA.
Gross-Camp, N., Inturias, M., Jun, He., Kebede, B., Martin, A., Massao, G., Rodriguez, I (2016). Making commercial markets work for community forestry: lessons learned from a focus on environmental justice. DEV Research Briefing 14 (November) University of East Anglia, Norwich
Gross-Camp, N., Rodriguez, I., Martin, A., Jun, H., Massao, G., Inturias, M (2016). Using participatory video as a research tool to capture dimesions of environment justice. DEV Research Briefing 12 (January). University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Martin, A., Ball, S., Gross-camp, N., Inturias, M., Jun, H., Kebede, B., Makala, J., Massao, G., Rodriguez, I., Sikor, T. (2014)Conservation, Markets and Justice—A comparative study of local and global conceptions DEV Research Briefing 11 (December) University of East Anglia, Norwich
Locke, C, Kantor, P, Morgan, M and Kawarazuka, N (2014) The Social-Ecological Systems Framework: Potential for Analysing Gender and Social Change? DEV Research Briefing 10 (November) University of East Anglia, Norwich
Sikor, T (2013) Redd+: Justice effects of technical design. DEV Research Briefing 9 (February) University of East Anglia, Norwich
Jun, H and Sikor, T (2013) Towards Just Watershed Management in China: Current Practice and Future Prospects. DEV Research Briefing 8 (February) University of East Anglia, Norwich
Sikor, T and Newell, P (2014) Why Global Environmental Justice?. DEV Research Briefing 7 (December), University of East Anglia, Norwich
Few, R (2012) Health, environment and the ecosystem services framework: A justice critique. DEV Research Briefing 6 (December), University of East Anglia, Norwich
Zeitoun, M (2012) Basin Justice: Using social justice to address gaps in river basin management. DEV Research Briefing 5 (December), University of East Anglia, Norwich
Jenkins, R (2012) Chinese Competition and the Restructuring of South African Manufacturing. DEV Research Briefing 4 (August), University of East Anglia, Norwich
Rao, N., (2011) Gender, Caste and Growth in India. DEV Research Briefing 3 (September), University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Jenkins, R. (2011) Brazilian manufacturing in the face of Chinese competition. DEV Research Briefing 2 (July), University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Redondo, N. and Lloyd-Sherlock, P. (2011) Institutional care for older people in developing countries: under the policy radar? The case of Buenos Aires, Argentina. DEV Research Briefing 1 (February), University of East Anglia, Norwich.
The DEV Research Briefings series presents policy-relevant evidence and insights from research conducted by staff in the School of International Development and International Development UEA.
Gross-Camp, N., Inturias, M., Jun, He., Kebede, B., Martin, A., Massao, G., Rodriguez, I (2016). Making commercial markets work for community forestry: lessons learned from a focus on environmental justice. DEV Research Briefing 14 (November) University of East Anglia, Norwich
Gross-Camp, N., Rodriguez, I., Martin, A., Jun, H., Massao, G., Inturias, M (2016). Using participatory video as a research tool to capture dimesions of environment justice. DEV Research Briefing 12 (January). University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Martin, A., Ball, S., Gross-camp, N., Inturias, M., Jun, H., Kebede, B., Makala, J., Massao, G., Rodriguez, I., Sikor, T. (2014)Conservation, Markets and Justice—A comparative study of local and global conceptions DEV Research Briefing 11 (December) University of East Anglia, Norwich
Locke, C, Kantor, P, Morgan, M and Kawarazuka, N (2014) The Social-Ecological Systems Framework: Potential for Analysing Gender and Social Change? DEV Research Briefing 10 (November) University of East Anglia, Norwich
Sikor, T (2013) Redd+: Justice effects of technical design. DEV Research Briefing 9 (February) University of East Anglia, Norwich
Jun, H and Sikor, T (2013) Towards Just Watershed Management in China: Current Practice and Future Prospects. DEV Research Briefing 8 (February) University of East Anglia, Norwich
Sikor, T and Newell, P (2014) Why Global Environmental Justice?. DEV Research Briefing 7 (December), University of East Anglia, Norwich
Few, R (2012) Health, environment and the ecosystem services framework: A justice critique. DEV Research Briefing 6 (December), University of East Anglia, Norwich
Zeitoun, M (2012) Basin Justice: Using social justice to address gaps in river basin management. DEV Research Briefing 5 (December), University of East Anglia, Norwich
Jenkins, R (2012) Chinese Competition and the Restructuring of South African Manufacturing. DEV Research Briefing 4 (August), University of East Anglia, Norwich
Rao, N., (2011) Gender, Caste and Growth in India. DEV Research Briefing 3 (September), University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Jenkins, R. (2011) Brazilian manufacturing in the face of Chinese competition. DEV Research Briefing 2 (July), University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Redondo, N. and Lloyd-Sherlock, P. (2011) Institutional care for older people in developing countries: under the policy radar? The case of Buenos Aires, Argentina. DEV Research Briefing 1 (February), University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Professor Rhys Jenkins
Email: r.o.jenkins@uea.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1603 59 2330 Location:
Biography
I am an economist by training with interests in international development issues, particularly trade and foreign investment, and in industrialization. My current research focuses on the impact of the growth of China on other developing countries, especially in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. This is part of a programme of research over the past decade on the economic, social and environmental impacts of globalisation. I have had a long term interest in the activities of transnational corporations in the South and this has recently included analysis of corporate social responsibility. My main geographical area of interest is Latin America.
Career History
Rhys has over thirty years experience of research in developing countries with a particular interest in Latin America and has also worked in East Asia and South Africa. He has acted as a consultant for a number of international bodies including UNCTAD, UNIDO and UNRISD and for the Department of International Development.
His research interests are in the broad area of the impact of globalisation on developing countries. He has led research projects on globalisation and the environment, and globalisation and poverty. His published books include Transnational Corporations and Uneven Development (Methuen), Environmental Regulation in the New Global Economy (Edward Elgar), Industry and Environment in Latin America (Routledge) and Corporate Responsibility and Labour Rights (Earthscan). He has recently been researching the impacts of China’s global expansion on other developing countries.
Academic Background
Rhys holds an MA from the University of Cambridge and a D.Phil. from the University of Sussex.
CV and Experience
All Publications
(2015)
Is China ‘Crowding Out’ South African Exports of Manufactures?,
in European Journal of Development Research
27
pp. 903-920
Full Text UEA Repository(Article)
(Published)
(2015)
The impact of Chinese import penetration on the South African manufacturing sector,
in Journal of Development Studies
51
(4)
pp. 447-463
Full Text UEA Repository(Article)
(Published)
(2015)
Is Chinese Competition Causing Deindustrialization in Brazil?,
in Latin American Perspectives
42
(6)
pp. 42-63
Full Text UEA Repository(Article)
(Published)
(2015)
International Competitiveness in Manufacturing and the China Effect,
in Routledge Handbook of Industry and Development.
Routledge
pp. 259-273
ISBN 978-0-415-81969-5
UEA Repository(Chapter)
(Published)
(2014)
The margins of export competition: A new approach to evaluating the impact of China on South African exports to Sub-Saharan Africa,
in Journal of Policy Modeling
36
(Supplement 1)
pp. S132-S150
Full Text UEA Repository(Article)
(Published)
(2014)
Chinese Competition and Brazilian Exports of Manufactures,
in Oxford Development Studies
42
(3)
pp. 395-418
Full Text UEA Repository(Article)
(Published)
(2013)
CSR, tax and development,
in Third World Quarterly
34
(3)
pp. 378-396
Full Text UEA Repository(Article)
(Published)
(2012)
China and Brazil: Economic impacts of a growing relationship,
in Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
41
(1)
pp. 21-47
UEA Repository(Article)
(Published)
(2012)
Latin America and China—a new dependency?,
in Third World Quarterly
33
(7)
pp. 1337-1358
Full Text UEA Repository(Article)
(Published)
(2012)
Fear for manufacturing? China and the future of industry in Brazil and Latin America,
in China Quarterly, The
209
pp. 59-81
Full Text UEA Repository(Article)
(Published)
(2011)
The "China effect" on global commodity prices and Latin American export earnings,
in CEPAL Review
103
pp. 73-87
UEA Repository(Article)
(Published)
(2011)
El "efecto China" en los precios de los productos básicos y en el valor de las exportaciones de América Latina,
in Revista CEPAL
103
pp. 77-93
UEA Repository(Article)
(Published)
(2010)
China's global growth and Latin American exports,
in The Rise of China and India: Impacts, Prospects and Implications.
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 9780230252738
UEA Repository(Chapter)
(Published)
(2010)
China's global expansion and Latin America,
in Journal of Latin American Studies
42
(04)
pp. 809-837
Full Text UEA Repository(Article)
(Published)
(2009)
El impacto de China en América Latina,
in Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals
(85-86)
pp. 251-272
UEA Repository(Article)
(Published)
(2009)
China and Latin America: economic relations in the twenty-first century,
German Development Institute (DIE), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
ISBN 978-3-88985-485-8
UEA Repository(Book)
(Published)
(2009)
Corporate social responsibility,
in Handbook of Economics and Ethics.
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
pp. 69-76
ISBN 978-184542936-2
UEA Repository(Chapter)
(Published)
(2008)
The impact of China on Latin America and the Caribbean,
in World Development
36
(2)
pp. 235-253
Full Text UEA Repository(Article)
(Published)
(2008)
Trade, technology and employment in South Africa,
in Journal of Development Studies
44
(1)
pp. 60-79
Full Text UEA Repository(Article)
(Published)
(2008)
Ambiente e industria en México: tendencias, regulación y comportamiento empresarial,
El Colegio de México
ISBN 978-968-12-1367-1
UEA Repository(Book)
(Published)
Key Research Interests
Transnational corporations; international economic relations; industrial development and policy; trade and environment. Latin America and South-east Asia.
Research Groups: Gloablisation and CSR
Research Activities
The Implications of China’s Growth and Integration with the Global Economy for Developing Countries
The rapid growth of China over the past three decades and its increased integration with the global economy is having a major impact on other developing countries, both directly in terms of bilateral trade and investment flows and indirectly through competition for export markets and investment and impacts on the terms of trade between manufactures and primary products. A research project under the ESRC’s World Economy and Finance programme looked at ‘The Impact of China’s Global Economic Expansion on Latin America’. A briefing paper summarising the findings of this project is available here.
Two projects funded by the ESRC Pathfinder Programme 'Brazilian Manufacturing in the Face of Chinese Competition: Economic Restructuring, Competitiveness and Employment' and ‘Chinese Competition and the Restructuring of South African Manufacturing' analysed some of the impacts of China on Brazil and South Africa in more depth.
Previous to this, several consultancy studies were undertaken for DfID on the effects of China’s growth on poverty reduction in Africa, Asia and Latin America (http://www.sarpn.org.za/documents/d0001045/index.php); the effects of China and India’s growth and liberalization on poverty in Africa (http://www.sarpn.org.za/documents/d0001312/index.php); and an agenda setting paper on the impact of China in Latin America (Download here)
Two articles co-authored with Chris Edwards have analysed relations between Sub-Saharan Africa and China and India in the IDS Bulletin and The Journal of Asian Economics.
A Leverhulme Research Grant has funded a comparative study of China’s impact on Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa
Link to the IDS Asian Drivers’ programme
Link to the Open University Asian Drivers’ programme
Globalization, Production and Poverty
The debate over the impact of globalization is one of the central issues in development studies today. However the mechanisms which link global trends to poverty outcomes are poorly understood. A DfID funded project looked at the impacts of globalization on production and poverty in four countries (Bangladesh, Kenya, South Africa and Vietnam) at the macro, meso and micro-levels. These studies show that poverty outcomes are highly dependent on both global processes and the local context.
Results from the project were published in two special issues of the Journal of International Development, Vol. 16, No.1, 2004 and Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 9 (2), 2004, as well as a number of other journal articles and Working Papers.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Transnational Corporations
The growing significance of transnational corporations (TNCs) as actors in the global economy and the declining role of the state in regulation has led to calls for greater self-regulation by business reflected in the growth of voluntary codes of conduct, particularly in the areas of labour rights and environmental behaviour. A critical perspective on corporate social responsibility is needed to counteract the hegemonic discourse of the CSR industry.
Early research on codes of conduct resulted in the publication of an UNRISD Discussion Paper on “Corporate Codes of Conduct: Self-Regulation in a Global Economy” (Download from here and a book co-edited with Ruth Pearson and Gill Seyfang, Corporate Responsibility and Labour Rights,
More recent research has contributed to the development of a critical perspective on CSR with the International Research Network on Business, Development and Society (http://bdsnetwork.cbs.dk/menu/home.asp).
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