Global Value Chain Development Report 2021: Beyond Production
Collaborative Research Report
Global Value Chain Development Report 2021: Beyond Production
Yuqing Xing, Elisabetta Gentile, David Dollar eds.
“Global Value Chain Development Report” is a collaborative research outcome produced by five organizations (*) that lead research on Global Value Chains (GVCs). The third issue of the report focuses on the aspect of the GVC that is becoming increasingly complex and expanding beyond production along with the growth of trade in services and intellectual property. It provides a clear explanation and a thorough up-to-date overview of some of the most important topics in GVCs.
(*) the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Research Institute for Global Value Chains at the University of International Business and Economics, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Institute of Developing Economies – Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO), and the China Development Research Foundation (CDRF)
[Characteristics of the report]
- It presents the results of a collaborative research produced by five organizations that lead research on GVCs.
- It provides policy-oriented analyses focusing on activities of multinational companies and IP services.
- It examines the resilience of GVCs in the context of geopolitical tensions, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
- It describes the future of GVCs through digitalization and automation.
- It presents the results of multifaceted empirical research using various data, including international input-output tables.
Foreword
Masatsugu Asakawa (President, Asian Development Bank)
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Director-General, World Trade Organization)
Preface
Yuqing Xing (Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies; and Overseas Academic Dean, Research Institute for Global Value Chains, University of International Business and Economics)
Elisabetta Gentile (Economist, Asian Development Bank; and Fellow, Global Labor Organization)
Executive summary
David Dollar (Senior Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution)
Chapter 1: Recent Trends in Global Value Chains
Julian B. Alvarez, Kristina V. Baris, Ma. Charmaine R. Crisostomo, Janine P. de Vera, Yuning Gao, Krizia V. Garay, Patricia B. Gonzales, Christian J. Jabagat, Angeli S. Juani, Angelo B. Lumba, Mahinthan J. Mariasingham, Bo Meng, Leila C. Rahnema, Kenneth S. Reyes, Marcus P. San Pedro, Chenying Yang
Chapter 2: Trade in Intangible Assets along Global Value Chains and Intellectual Property Protection
Yuqing Xing, David Dollar, Bo Meng
Chapter 3: Productivity Growth, Innovation, and Upgrading along Global Value Chains
Elisabetta Gentile, Yuqing Xing, Stela Rubínová, Shaopeng Huang
Chapter 4: The Role of Global Services Value Chains for Services-Led Development
Enrico Nano and Victor Stolzenburg
Chapter 5: Rising Risks to Global Value Chains
Etel Solingen, Bo Meng, Ankai Xu
The first issue (2017) and the second issue (2019) 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 2019: Technological innovation, supply chain trade, and workers in a globalized world
Co-publishing partners
- The Asian Development Bank（ADB）
- The Research Institute for Global Value Chains at the University of International Business and Economics
- The World Trade Organization（WTO）
- China Development Research Foundation (CDRF）