This paper examines the links between ownership, innovation, and exports in electronics firms in three late-industrializing developing countries (People's Republic of China, Thailand, and Philippines), drawing on recent developments in applied international trade and innovation and learning....

Drawing on recent developments in applied international trade and innovation and learning in developing countries, this paper examines the links between firm-level export performance, foreign ownership, and the acquisition of technological capabilities in a sample of 205 clothing enterprises in...

This study, sponsored by the World Bank, is based on a detailed analysis of a sample of manufacturing enterprises of different sizes, ownership forms and specialisations in Ghana. It examines why industry in general has low capabilities and what effects the rapid liberalisation of the Ghanaian...

Part 1 Introduction and Overview -- 1 Introduction (Ganeshan Wignaraja) -- 2 Toward “Trade Policy Analysis 2.0”: From National Comparative Advantage to Firm-Level Trade Data (Lucian Cernat) -- 3 Production Networks in East Asia: What We Know So Far (Fukunari Kimura and Ayako Obashi) -- Part...

This paper is concerned with rules of origin when intermediate goods aredifferentiated. An analytical model emphasizes trade patterns and the relativeimportance of trade in intermediates given trade preferences. Econometric evidencebased on intra-OECD trade in motor vehicles and motor vehicle...

This paper discusses the measurement of production and employment effects of trade policy, and more broadly the effects of economic integration and globalization. First, it provides a broad-brush overview of the ex-post literature linking trade to performance, such as measures of worker...