Global Value Chain Development Report 2017: Measuring and Analyzing the Impact of GVCs on Economic Development
Collaborative Research Report
Global Value Chain Development Report 2017: Measuring and Analyzing the Impact of GVCs on Economic Development
David Dollar, Jose Guilherme Reis, and Zhi Wang eds.
“Global Value Chain Development Report” is a collaborative research outcome produced by five organizations (*) that lead research on Global Value Chains (GVCs). The first issue of the report focuses on the relationship between GVCs and economic development. It also provides a clear explanation and thorough up-to-date overview on issues of GVCs pertaining to the most important contemporary themes.
(*) the World Bank Group, the Institute of Developing Economies – Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Research Institute for Global Value Chains at the University of International Business and Economics, and the World Trade Organization (WTO)
[Characteristics of the report]
- It presents the results of the first collaborative research produced by five organizations that lead research on GVCs.
- It shows the genealogy of GVC research through a comprehensive literature survey.
- It presents the results of a multifaceted empirical research using international input-output tables.
Foreword by Michael Spence
Michael Spence (Nobel Laureate in Economics)
Foreword by Pol Antràs
Pol Antràs (Robert G. Ory Professor of Economics, Harvard University)
Executive summary
David Dollar (John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution)
Chapter1 Analytical frameworks for global value chains: An overview
Satoshi Inomata (Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO)
Chapter2 Recent trends in global trade and global value chains
Christophe Degain (World Trade Organization), Bo Meng (Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO), and Zhi Wang (Research Center of Global Value Chains, University of International Business and Economics)
Chapter3 From domestic to regional to global: Factory Africa and Factory Latin America?
Nadim Ahmad (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and
Annalisa Primi (Development Centre, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Chapter4 Accumulated trade costs and their impact on domestic and international value chains
Hubert Escaith (World Trade Organization)
Chapter5 The middle-income trap and upgrading along global value chains
Jakob Engel (World Bank) and Daria Taglioni (World Bank)
Chapter6 Services trade and global value chains
Cecilia Heuser (World Bank) and Aaditya Mattoo (World Bank)
Chapter7 Institutional quality and participation in global value chains
David Dollar (John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution) and Matthew Kidder (University of International Business and Economics)
Chapter8 Preferential trade agreements and global value chains: Theory, evidence, and open questions
Michele Ruta (World Bank)
The second issue (2019) and the third issue (2021) of the report can be downloaded free of charge from below:
Global Value Chain Development Report 2019: Technological innovation, supply chain trade, and workers in a globalized world
Global Value Chain Development Report 2021: Beyond Production
Co-publishing partners
- The World Bank Group
- The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- The Research Institute for Global Value Chains at the University of International Business and Economics
- The World Trade Organization（WTO）