How does trade affect the design of preferential agreements (PTAs)? What is role global value chains (GVCs)? The authors answer these questions by empirically investigating causal impact gross and value-added on depth PTAs. To solve critical issue endogeneity flows for policy, identification strategy exploits a recent transportation shock: sharp increase in maximum size container ships, which h...

New digital technologies based on the internet of things and artificial intelligence play centre stage in contemporary discussions about prospects for economic development future work. This article summarizes theoretical empirical contributions how these affect global value chains (GVCs). We argue that leading paradigms analyse production – GVC framework related networks (GPNs) approach are nee...

Abstract We explore the relationship between internationalisation of production through Global Value Chains and child labour at sector level, using data from 26 low‐ middle‐income countries. find that sectors with stronger participation in foreign markets by exporting inputs to firms will process them export third countries (forward linkages) exhibit less labour. However, other forms gross expo...