Do Global Value Chains Enhance Economic Upgrading? A Long View.

Exporting through global value chains (GVCs) has recently been highlighted as a panacea for weak industrialisation trends in the South. We study the long-run effects of GVC participation for a large set of countries between 1970 and 2008. We find strong evidence for the positive effects on productiv...

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Published in:Journal of Development Studies Vol. 56; no. 9; pp. 1683 - 1706
Main Authors: Pahl, Stefan, Timmer, Marcel P.
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2020
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