SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Overview

Name:

Ms Jodie Keane

Email address:

jk67@soas.ac.uk

Thesis title:

The new trade/new growth nexus for late industrialisers

Year of Study:

2008-2014

Website:

http://www.globalvaluechains.org/researcher_info.php?r_id=1535

Internal Supervisors

• Machiko Nissanke

Biography

Jodie is a part-time PhD candidate in Development Economics, at SOAS. She commenced her studies in 2008. Prior to becoming a PhD candidate at SOAS Jodie worked as an economist in Vietnam, Cambodia and China. She works full-time as a policy analyst and economist with the Trade Program, ODI.

PhD Research

This research explores the continued controversies of new trade/new growth theory in terms of testing for learning by doing. It adopts an inductive approach to analysis of the relationships between types of merchandise trade, the modalities through which producers engage with trade, and growth processes - accumulation and assimilation - for low-skilled manufactured and high value agricultural goods exporters in Africa and Asia. It will fully develop two case studies, but make reference to the following countries and sectors: Kenya and Ethiopia for cut flowers; Cambodia and Bangladesh for the textile and clothing industry. It tests for learning by doing using an augmented new trade/new growth model and includes a critical review of new export sophistication and product proximity measures.

PhD Publications

• Keane, J. (2010) The Governance of Global Value Chains and Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis Transmitted to Exporters in Africa and Asia, paper presented at the DSA Conference 2009. Panel: Transmission Mechanisms of the Global Financial Crisis on the Developing World: The Financial and Commodity Market Linkages. Session: Global Financial Crisis, Commodity Prices and Commodity-Dependent Low income Economies. Panel Convener: Prof. Machiko Nissanke.
• Keane, J., and Page, S. (2010) Trading Out of Crises and Reducing Vulnerability,
  Policy Brief May 2010, http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/download/4846.pdf   
• Keane, J., MacGregor, J., Page, S., Peskett, L., Thornstensen, V. (2010) Development, Trade and Carbon Reduction: Designing coexistence to promote development, ODI Working Paper, February 2010, http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/download/4745.pdf
• Stevens, C., Keane, J., and Markhan, D. (2010)  Creating a pro-development trade policy in a post-preference world Chapter 7 in New challenges, new beginnings: Next steps in European Development Cooperation DIE, ECDPM, FRIDE and ODI: http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/download/4735.pdf
• Keane, J.  Ratha, K. (2009) Maintaining a Competitive Edge for Cambodian Industry: Widening or deepening the standards spectrum?, ODI Background Note, September 2009,  co-authored with Kong Ratha, Deputy Director, Economic Integration and ASEAN Department: http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/download/3786.pdf
• Keane, J. (2008) ‘A New Approach to Global Value Chain Analysis’ ODI Working Paper, August 2008 http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/odi-publications/working-papers/293-global-value-chain-analysis.pdf