This paper analyzes the participation of North African countries into international production networks and examines if/to what extent being part of a global value chain affects firms' performance. Using largely unexploited Input-Output data from UNCTAD-Eora, we describe regional and country GVC...

The emergence of global supply chains, that is the organization of production processes in factories that are part of a network of suppliers located in different countries and specialized in specific production phases, brings about a number of major changes in the way the global economy works...

Recent debates suggest that the global economy may enter a deglobalization phase. The COVID-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine are unprecedented global shocks that question the levels of global economic integration reached so far. This study investigates the investment decisions...

We introduce the Input Rank as a measure of relevance of direct and indirect suppliers in Global Value Chains. We conceive an intermediate input to be more relevant for a downstream buyer if a decrease in that input’s productivity affects that buyer more. In particular, in our framework, the...