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Conceptual aspects of global value chains : World Development Report 2020 background paper
Antràs, Pol - 2020
The paper offers an overview of some key conceptual aspects associated with the rise of global value chains (GVCs). It outlines a series of alternative interpretations and definitions of what the rise of GVCs entails, and it traces the implications of these alternative conceptualizations for the...
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The voice of foreign direct investment : foreign investor policy preferences and experiences in developing countries
Saurav, Abhishek; Kuo, Ryan - 2020
This paper provides insights to inform government efforts to attract and retain foreign direct investment, by analyzing the results of a survey of more than 2,400 affiliates of multinational enterprises across 10 middle-income countries. The paper explores corporate perspectives and...
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Financial Globalization : A Glass Half Empty?
Abraham, Facundo - 2017
Since the 1970s, the world has embarked on a new financial globalization era. Cross-country capital flows have … significantly increased in developed and developing countries. However, the characteristics of financial globalization differ from … financial globalization (such as additional funding, broad diversification, and deeper financial systems), the positive effects …
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The Capabilities Driving Participation in Global Value Chains
Pathikonda, Vilas - 2016
Global value chains have altered the nature of global trade and offer significant opportunities for developing countries to expand exports, access technology, and raise productivity. Policy makers rightly seek to understand what it takes to participate in global value chains. In practice, this...
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Atlas of global development
World Bank - 2009 - 2nd ed
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Strengthening Argentina's Integration into the Global Economy : Policy Proposals for Trade, Investment, and Competition
Licetti, Martha Martinez - 2018
Integration into global markets can improve the efficiency of the Argentinian economy, providing opportunities for private investment to flourish and for the associated benefits to accrue to consumers. Among many policies that are important for integrating into the global economy, particularly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644114
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Global financial development report 2019/2020 : bank regulation and supervision a decade after the global financial crisis
World Bank (Washington, District of Columbia) - 2020
underdeveloped. Globalization and technological change are important trends that make it even more challenging to provide effective …
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World development report 2020 : trading for development in the age of global value chains
World Bank (Washington, District of Columbia) - 2019
"Global value chains (GVCs) powered the surge of international trade after 1990 and now account for almost half of all trade. This shift enabled an unprecedented economic convergence: poor countries grew rapidly and began to catch up with richer countries. Since the 2008 global financial crisis,...
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Violence without borders : The internationalization of crime and conflict
World Bank (Washington, District of Columbia) - 2020
Just like nearly every aspect of human experience, crime, civil conflict, and violence have become increasingly global. Around the world, civil wars, of which there are more today than at any time since the end of World War II, displace greater numbers of people ever further from their countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644297
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Connecting to Compete 2010 : Trade Logistics in the Global Economy--The Logistics Performance Index and Its Indicators
Arvis, Jean-Francois - 2010
This report presents the findings of the second edition of Connecting to Compete, a report on the new dataset for the 2010 Logistics Performance Index (LPI) and its component indicators. Based on a worldwide survey of global freight forwarders and express carriers, the LPI is a benchmarking tool...
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