"Global trade is a key driver for economic growth, and trade is related to several dimensions: The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) with disruptive technologies, globalisation of markets, innovation leading to new trade opportunities, as well as foreign investments following exports lead to...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- PART A. Asia Africa Growth Corridor: Concept, Theoretical Perspectives and Practice -- Chapter 2. AAGC and Economic Prosperity in Indo-Pacific -- Chapter 3. Free, Open and Inclusive Indo-Pacific: An Evolving Development and Cooperation Platform for AAGC -- PART B....

This paper studies the relationship between Asia’s economic engagements in Africa and individual African nations’ participation in global value chains (GVC) over the past two decades. We find that while overall exports from Africa to Asia are still highly concentrated in resource-intensive...