Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/231380 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
Commentary on India's Economy and Society Series No. 11
Publisher: 
Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Abstract: 
The importance of trade to an economy needs no emphasis. You sell products or services that you are competitive at and buy those where you are not. Experience of countries such as South Korea and China demonstrate that resources required for development can be garnered through trade; thus, motivating many countries to embrace trade as a means for development. Simultaneously, emergence of 'Global Value Chain' or 'GVC' as they are popularly known has changed the way we trade. Though the concept of GVC was introduced in the early 2000s, there are examples of global value chains before the 1980s. However, the scale of the phenomenon and the way in which technological change, by lowering trade costs, has allowed fragmentation of production was not possible before (Hernandez et al., 2014). In this context, the World Bank has recently published its 'World Development Report 2020: Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains' (WDR). The report prescribes that GVCs still offer developing countries a clear path to progress and that developing countries can achieve better outcomes by pursuing market-oriented reforms specific to their stage of development.
Subjects: 
Global Value Chains
International Trade
Global Production Network
Firm-level Trade
JEL: 
F0
F1
F2
Additional Information: 
This commentary is the outcome of a panel discussion held at CDS on January 17, 2020. We are grateful to Prof. Sunil Mani, Prof. Sudip Chaudhuri and other participants at the panel discussion for their comments which has benefited this commentary. We are solely responsible for any errors that remain.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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