The importance of the global value chain (GVC) phenomenon has stimulated researchers to develop statistics and analysis based on the value added in trade. The GVC phenomenon also demands that researchers analyze the discrete tasks or phases in the production process. Data are now available on the value added traded among major economies during 1995–2014. This first Global Value Chain Development Report draws on the expanding research that uses data on the value added in trade. Its main objective is to reveal the changing nature of international trade that can be seen only by analyzing it in terms of value added and value chains -- [back cover].
Foreword -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1 -- Analytical frameworks for global value chains: An overview -- Satoshi Inomata -- Chapter 2 -- Recent trends in global trade and global value chains -- Christophe Degain, Bo Menf and Zhi Wang -- From domestic to regional to global: Factory Africa and Factory Latin America? -- Nadim Ahmad and Annalisa Primi -- Accumulated trade costs and their impact on domestic and international value chains -- Hubert Escath -- The middle-income trap and upgrading along global value chains -- Jakob Engel and Daria Taglioni -- Services trade and global value chains -- Cecilia Heuser and Aaditya Mattoo -- Institutional quality and participation in global value chains -- David Dollar and Matther Kidder -- Preferential trade agreements and global value chains: Theory, evidence, and open questions -- Michele Ruta.

xiv, 189 p.

At head of title: Global Value Chain Development Report 2017.

9789287041258 (print)