World Development Report 2020

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No 32437 in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group

Abstract: 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. New technologies could draw production closer to the consumer and reduce the demand for labor. And conflicts among large countries could lead to a retrenchment or a segmentation of GVCs. This book examines whether there is still a path to development through GVCs and trade. It concludes that technological change is, at this stage, more a boon than a curse. GVCs can continue to boost growth, create better jobs, and reduce poverty provided that developing countries implement deeper reforms to promote GVC participation; industrial countries pursue open, predictable policies; and all countries revive multilateral cooperation.

Keywords: International; Economics; and; Trade-Globalization; and; Financial; Integration; International; Economics; and; Trade-International; Trade; and; Trade; Rules; International; Economics; and; Trade-Poverty; and; Trade; International; Economics; and; Trade-Trade; Policy; International; Economics; and; Trade-Trade; and; Labor; Private; Sector; Development-Global; Value; Chains; and; Business; Clustering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4648-1457-0
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