Global value chains (GVCs) powered the surge of international trade after 1990 and now account for almost half of all trade. This shift enabled an unprecedented economic convergence: poor countries grew rapidly and began to catch up with richer countries. Since the 2008 global financial crisis, however, the growth of trade has been sluggish and the expansion of GVCs has stalled. Meanwhile, serious threats have emerged to the model of trade-led growth...
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2019/10/08
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World Development Report
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2019/10/13
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World Development Report 2020 : Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains
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agreement on trade-related investment
Citation
World Development Report 2020 : Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains (Vol. 1 of 2) (English). World development indicators|World development report Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/310211570690546749