FOREIGN TRADE POLICY FOR INTEGRATION INTO GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS

Global Value Chains: Economic and Policy Issues

In the past few years, a fairly substantial literature has emerged addressing the phenomenon of global value chains (GVCs). While one can find various definitions of GVCs, the simple concept proposed by Lunati (2007) seems to capture the spirit of most definitions. Namely, GVCs are international supply chains characterized by fragmentation of production activities across sites and borders. In e...

Global Value Chains: Challenges, Opportunities, and Implications for Policy

FOREWORD Meeting at the Saint Petersburg Summit in September 2013, the assembled leaders of the Group of Twenty noted " the importance of better understanding the rapid expansion of global value chains (GVCs) and impacts of participation in GVCs for growth, industrial structure, development and job creation. " Leaders welcomed the work done in 2013 by the OECD, the WTO, and the UNCTAD, and aske...

Global Value Chains and Africa’s Integration into the Global Economy 2.1 Global Value Chains: What They Are and How Africa Can Benefit

Aid for Trade and engaging with global value chains: developing trade and reducing food insecurity?

Acknowledgements The author is grateful to comments received from Sheila Page of the ODI and assistance from Jane Kennan on developing this draft. In addition, the author is very grateful to the support provided by Leonard Oduori, CABE, Nairobi, Kenya and inputs received from various stakeholders during the interview process. This report is adapted from a larger programme of work funded by the ...

“Trade And Global Integration”

This paper focuses on the post-war process of creation of a global trading system and integration of world trade. As the former came into being, multilateral trade liberalization became an on-going feature of the global economy facilitating international trade, consequently importance of international trade in the global economy increased dramatically. Since the mid-1980s, mindset of policy mak...