Global Value Chain Development Report 2019: Technological innovation, supply chain trade, and workers in a globalized world
Collaborative Research Report
Global Value Chain Development Report 2019: Technological innovation, supply chain trade, and workers in a globalized world
David Dollar, Emmanuelle Ganne, Victor Stolzenburg, and Zhi Wang eds.
“Global Value Chain Development Report” is a collaborative research outcome produced by six organizations (*) that lead researches on Global Value Chains (GVCs). The second issue focuses on the impact of technological innovation on labor markets in each country through GVCs. It provides a clear explanation and a thorough up-to-date overview of some of the most important topics in GVCs.
(*) the World Trade Organization (WTO), 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, the China Development Research Foundation (CDRF), and the World Bank Group
[Characteristics of the report]
- It presents the results of a collaborative research produced by six organizations that lead research on GVCs
- It provides a policy-oriented analyses focusing on urgent challenges.
- It presents the results of a multifaceted empirical research using various data, including international input-output tables.
Foreword
Michael Spence (Nobel Laureate in Economics)
Executive summary
David Dollar
Chapter 1 Recent patterns of global production and GVC participation
Xin Li (Beijing Normal University), Bo Meng (IDE-JETRO), and Zhi Wang (RCGVC-UIBE)
Chapter 2 Trade, value chains and labor markets in advanced economies
Marc Bacchetta (WTO) and Victor Stolzenburg (WTO)
Chapter 3 Global value chains and employment in developing economies
Claire H. Hollweg (World Bank Group)
Chapter 4 Technological progress, diffusion, and opportunities for developing countries: Lessons from China
Satoshi Inomata (IDE-JETRO) and Daria Taglioni (World Bank Group)
Chapter 5 Understanding Supply Chain 4.0 and its potential impact on global value chains
Michael J. Ferrantino (World Bank Group) and Emine Elcin Koten (World Bank Group)
Chapter 6 The digital economy, GVCs and SMEs
Emmanuelle Ganne (WTO) and Kathryn Lundquist (WTO)
Chapter 7 Should high domestic value added in exports be an objective of policy?
David Dollar (Brookings Institution), Bilal Khan (RCGVC-UIBE), and Jiansuo Pei (SITE-UIBE)
The first issue (2017) and the third issue (2021) of the report can be downloaded free of charge from below:
Global Value Chain Development Report 2017: Measuring and Analyzing the Impact of GVCs on Economic Development
Global Value Chain Development Report 2021: Beyond Production
Launch Event at Spring Meetings held by the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
(April 13, 2019)
From left to right: Mr. Robert Koopman, WTO Chief Economist; Ms. Caroline Freund, Global Director of Trade, Investment and Competitiveness, the World Bank; Mr. Satoshi Inomata, Chief Senior Researcher, IDE-JETRO; Professor Zhi Wang, University of International Business and Economics; Ms. Annalisa Primi, Head of the Structural Policies and Innovation Unit of the Development Center of the OECD; and Mr. David Dollar, Senior Fellow, China Center, Brookings Institution. (Photo by Bo Meng, 2019)
The launch event was attended by more than 200 people as audiences and had a very lively discussion on the latest GVC research. (Photo by Bo Meng, 2019)
Co-publishing partners and other relevant websites
- The World Trade Organization（WTO）
- 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 Bank Group
- The Brookings Institution