This paper presents and analyzes patterns of trade for a broad category of technology-intensive products, including ATP (advanced technology products), for a group of 15 economies in Asia, Europe, and the United States. Using export data from 1997-2006, we examine the rate of diffusion...

Since the late 1990s, reported U.S. imports from China and Hong Kong have regularly and increasingly exceeded reported exports of China and Hong Kong to the United States. This discrepancy, which is not caused by re-exporting through Hong Kong, varies by product categories, and in some cases...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Main Messages -- Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for global value chains -- Measures for managing a crisis and the recovery -- Main policy messages -- References -- 1 Introduction and Overview --...

There are significant value chain linkages between India and Bangladesh, particularly in the textile and apparel sector. India specializes in the upstream segment, supplying such intermediate inputs as silk, cotton, yarn, and fabrics to Bangladesh. Bangladesh specializes in the downstream final...

Global value chains (GVCs) have driven dramatic expansions in trade, productivity, and economic growth in developing countries over the past three decades. Reshaping Global Value Chains in Light of COVID-19: Implications for Trade and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries examines the...