Trade crisis and recovery: restructuring of global value chains

William Milberg and Deborah Winkler

No 5294, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: The recent large and rapid slowdown in economic activity has resulted in even larger and more rapid declines in international trade. As world trade is set to rebound, this paper addresses three questions: (i) Will trade volumes rebound in a symmetric fashion as world economic growth rebounds? (ii) Will the crisis result in a change in the structure of trade, and in particular will it lead to a reversal of the pattern of more diversified sourcing and thus to a consolidation of global value chains? (iii) What policies can improve the prospects for developing country growth in the event that trade volumes do not rebound symmetrically and there is a consolidation of some global value chains?

Keywords: Economic Theory&Research; Currencies and Exchange Rates; Emerging Markets; Debt Markets; Trade Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-05-01
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