Perhaps the most distinctive feature of international trade in recent years is the rise of multistage global production networks in which firms fragment manufacturing production across borders by locating individual production stages in the countries where they can be performed at least cost...

pt. 1. Methodology, analytical issues, data quality and review -- pt. 2. Macro-approach to productivity measurement -- pt. 3. Regional and micro-approach to productivity measurement -- pt. 4. The way forward.