Global Value Chains and Uneven DevelopmentAn empirical examination of the development pitfalls involving global value chains. In institutions such as the World Bank, global value chains (GWK) are thought to offer opportunities for economic and social upgrading all over the world. However, according to Christin Bernhold, this assumption is neither theoretically nor empirically tenable. Global Value Chains and Uneven Development presents an ideology critical discussion of GWK research that is