Making global value chains work for development / / Daria Taglioni, Deborah Winkler

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798459803321
• Autore: Taglioni Daria
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank Group, , [2016]; 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxii, 262 pages) : color illustrations ; ; 28 cm
• Collana: Trade and development series
• Disciplina: 382
• Soggetti: Business networks; Value added; International economic integration; Developing countries Commerce
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview Making GVCs Work for Development; Introduction; Part I: Why GVCs Require Fresh Thinking; Part II: Quantifying a Country's Position in GVCs; Part III: Strategic Questions and Policy Options; Part IV: Country Engagement; Note; References; PART I: Why GVCs Require Fresh Thinking; Chapter 1 Here's Why; Introduction; Firm and Policy Perspective; Evolution of GVC Trade; Assessment of a Country's Potential in GVCs; Policy Dimension: Entering GVCs, Expanding Participation, and Ensuring Sustainable DevelopmentNotes; References; Chapter 2 Consider Bulgaria; Introduction; Bulgaria's Domestic Value Added in Exports; Channels for Increasing Domestic Value Added in Exports; Bulgaria's GVC Participation and Firm-Level Productivity; What Must Be Done?; Notes; References; Annex 2A; PART II: Quantifying a Country's Position in GVCs; Chapter 3 What Do Imports and Exports Say about GVC Participation?; GVC Participation Using Gross Trade Data; Informed Classifications; GVC Participation Using Data on Trade in Value AddedBuying and ; Selling Sides; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Buyer-Related Measures; Introduction; Intermediates in Gross Imports; Imported Inputs Embodied in Gross Exports; Value Added in Gross Exports; Length of Sourcing Chains; Buyer Dimension: Summary; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Seller-Related Measures; Introduction; Intermediates in Output or Gross Exports; I2E Trade in Gross Exports; Domestic Value Added in Gross Exports of Third Countries; Who Are the Ultimate Consumers of a Country's Value Added? Value Added in Final Domestic Demand; Length of Selling Chains: Distance to Final DemandDomestic Gap between Buying and Selling Chains; Seller Dimension: Summary; Notes; References; Chapter 6 Other Measures of GVC Participation: From Macro to Micro; Introduction; GVC Participation Index; Network Metrics and Visualizations; Role of Services in Value Added; Main Actors and Their Links in GVCs Using Firm-Level Measures; Notes; References; Chapter 7 Use of GVC Measures to Assess the Drivers and Impacts of GVC Participation; Introduction; What Are the Determinants of GVC Links?; Do GVC Links Matter for Economic Upgrading?; Quantifying the Labor Market Dimension of GVCsSummary; Annex 7A. Regression Results; Annex 7B. Factors Mediating Productivity Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment; Annex 7C. Factors Mediating Productivity Spillovers from GVC Integration in Bulgaria; Notes; References; PART III: Strategic Questions and Policy Options; Chapter 8 Entering GVCs; Introduction; Attracting Foreign Investors and Facilitating Domestic Firms' Entry into GVCs: Strategic Questions; Policy Options; Notes; References; Chapter 9 Expanding and Strengthening GVC Participation; Introduction; Promoting Economic Upgrading and Densification in GVCs: Strategic Questions