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Report | 2013
Global Value Chains in A Changing World
Author(s): Low, Patrick ; Elms, Deborah K.
Global value chains are a major driving force of globalization. This volume is the product of a dialogue with policy makers in the Asian region, where economists, political scientists, management specialists, development thinkers and business executives joined together in an exploration of the multiple dimensions of supply chains: what drives...
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Report | 2013
Regional Integration Policy Papers- Intra-Regional Trade in Southern Africa: Structure, Performance and Challenges
Author(s): Mbekeani, Kennedy K.
This study is undertaken by the Regional Integration and Trade Division as a knowledge product on appropriate policies and programs to broaden and deepen existing cooperation and integration arrangements in Southern Africa. It has also specifically served as an input in the design of the Bank’s Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP) for...
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Presentation | 2018
Strengthening Transport Connectivity in Southern & Central Asia
Author(s): Gupta, Anil K.
Connectivity has a vital role to play in unlocking full trade and economic potential of countries of the Southern and Central Asian subregions. With the aim of assisting Southern Asian countries to fully utilize the possibilities of AH and TAR corridors, to connect markets internally as well as with those of Europe, Central Asia and South-East...
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Report | 2016
Making Global Value Chains Work for Development
Author(s): Taglioni, Daria ; Winkler, Deborah Elisabeth
Economic, technological, and political shifts as well as changing business strategies have driven firms to unbundle production processes and disperse them across countries. Thanks to these changes, developing countries can now increase their participation in global value chains (GVCs) and thus become more competitive in agriculture, manufacturing...
