PUBPOL 790-05
Global Value Chain Analysis
A topic section of PUBPOL 790, Special Topics in International Development Policy
Danny W. Hamrick, Gary GereffiNotable faculty
Founding director of Duke's Global Value Chains Center and an originator of the global value chains framework. Source
Why it's on my list
Global value chain analysis, co-taught by one of the people who built the framework.
My note, not Duke's.
Description from DukeHub
Variable topics on International Development. Current offerings include: Human Rights and Conflict (3 units), Law and Development (3 units), Monitoring and Evaluation for Policy and Project Success (3 units), Fiscal Policy, Globalization and Development (3 units), Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and Development (1.5 units), Culture, Policy and Action (1.5 credits), Capacity Development (1.5 credits).
Skills
- policy and lawadded by hand after review
- research methodsadded by hand after review
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "policy"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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