Commodity exporter’s vulnerabilities in times of COVID-19: the case of Ghana

ABSTRACT The measures put into place to mitigate the COVID-19 health crisis around the world have disrupted global supply chains and sent commodity prices tumbling. We argue that, while the nature of the COVID-19 crisis is unprecedented, the unfolding consequences for primary commodity export-dependent economies are not. By developing a state-centred adaptive supply chain resilience framework and drawing on past experiences, we identify three impact channels that are specific to commodity exporters: a price, a supply chain and a financial channel. Taking Ghana as a case study, we show how the interplay of these three channels can be particularly damaging.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement

• Publication date

  2021-01-12

• Fields of study

  Business, Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1080/02255189.2020.1857225
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