Global Value Chains

21 June 2022 - Paul Brenton, Michael Ferrantino and Maryla Maliszewska
New Word Bank research tells us how to make Global Value Chains more resilient
Global Value Chains have helped make the world more prosperous. Making them more efficient will make the global economy more resilient to future shocks.
Global Value Chains
16 November 2021 - Abha Calindi Abha Calindi
Services: The new staple of 21st century development?
Manufacturing has traditionally driven economic growth in developing countries. A new book by the World Bank highlights the potential of the service sector in driving development. What are the implications of this shift for least developed countries? 
Trade policy
Global Value Chains
31 August 2021
GVCs for LDCs: How would new plan boost trade for least developed countries?
The multilateral trading system and the body of trade rules enshrined in the World Trade Organization (WTO) rulebook have been the cornerstone for trade-led economic development in recent decades.
Global Value Chains
18 March 2021 - Caroline Freund
Global trade rebound suggests some lessons of COVID-19 are being learned
Recovery taking a different shape than expected 
Aid for Trade
Global Value Chains
Financing
COVID-19
16 February 2021 - Désirée Van Gorp
Making global value chains sustainable and enhancing the position of LDCs: A shared responsibility
Multinationals and governments need to recognize the trade world’s interconnectedness, and its impact
Trade policy
Aid for Trade
Global Value Chains
COVID-19
28 January 2021
Helping small businesses build financial resilience
Originally published on World Economic Forum on 19th January 2021 as part of the 
Trade policy
Global Value Chains
Financing
12 November 2020 - Bruno Casella
Climbing the ladder under the storm: How the COVID crisis is changing the GVC development strategies of LDCs
The combined and cumulative effect of pre-existing technological, policy and sustainability trends and the current COVID crisis is set to strike a perfect storm in the system of international production and GVCs.
Global Value Chains
COVID-19
20 October 2020 - Stacey Frederick and Jack Daly
Global value chain lens can inform responses to bolster tourism industry in developing countries
The COVID-19 pandemic is a testament to the global value chain (GVC) world we live in; what happens in one country has profound impacts, intended and unintended, across countries.
Tourism
Global Value Chains
COVID-19
15 October 2020 - Bright Simons
Scale tangles with agility in African pharma supply chains, unleashing new forces
Medicine retail and logistics in Africa are a highly fragmented business.
Global Value Chains
COVID-19
8 October 2020 - Fabrice Lehmann Carlos Cordon
Business supply chain strategies are evolving, can poor countries benefit?
Multiple sourcing and proximity sourcing are shaping into long-term trends as global firms hardwire resilience and agility into their supply chains.
Trade policy
Global Value Chains
14 September 2020 - Karishma Banga Jodie Keane Max Mendez-Parra Laetitia Pettinotti Lily Sommer
Boosting African regional value chain development in response to COVID-19: The catalysing role of the AfCFTA
New paper looks at the supply chain dimension of African trade during and post-COVID
Trade policy
Global Value Chains
COVID-19
7 September 2020 - Stephanie Barrientos Charlotte Pallangyo
Building back equitably: Spotlight on women workers in global value chains
Women workers in global value chains have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19.
Women and trade
Global Value Chains
30 June 2020 - Fabrice Lehmann
Can Madagascar inspire reform of global fashion’s US$2.5 trillion supply chains?
The collapse in trade provoked by the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the fragility of carefully constructed supply chains in the global fashion industry, and the asymmetries with which they are governed.
Trade policy
Global Value Chains
15 June 2020 - Houria Djoudi
Protecting trees, empowering women, ensuring incomes – suggestions for a just shea story
How to ensure the women who collect shea benefit from being part of the global marketplace
Women and trade
Global Value Chains
Environment
5 June 2020 - Jodie Keane
Least developed country vulnerabilities exposed by COVID-19
The world is changing, and so should our support to the world’s poorest countries
Global Value Chains
COVID-19
2 June 2020 - Michelle Kovacevic
Creating a strong investment climate in the wake of COVID-19
Supply chains are vulnerable, but there is also promise in new sectors for least developed countries
Global Value Chains
Financing
COVID-19
14 April 2020 - Paolo Omar Cerutti
A traded tree: What rosewood means for Africa
Following research into the mukula value chain, recommendations to preserve livelihoods and landscapes
Global Value Chains
Environment
9 April 2020 - Trudi Hartzenberg
COVID-19 in Africa – some reflections on trade matters
Poverty, inequality and exclusion are key factors contributing to the devastating effects of COVID-19 on all African countries.
Women and trade
Trade policy
Global Value Chains
COVID-19
2 December 2019 - Mohammad A. Razzaque Syed Mortuza Ehsan Brendan Vickers
Poorest countries caught in the global trade turmoil
Least developed countries (LDCs) confront a challenging global trade landscape, from slower long-term growth rates and rising protectionism to a weakening nexus between trade and GDP growth.
Trade policy
Global Value Chains
10 October 2019 - Fabrice Lehmann
Globalisation, robotics and pathways to development
A conversation with Richard Baldwin
Global Value Chains
Ecommerce
6 May 2014
Chad: Supporting gum arabic value chain in rural areas
On 14 March 2014, Chad’s Minister for Commerce and Industry, H.E. Mr Abderahim Bireme Hamid launched the first EIF Tier 2 project in Chad. The Tier 2 project seeks to promote the gum arabic sector in Chad in view of the expanding export base that is predominately based on oil.
Global Value Chains