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Trade facilitation in global value chains: Assessing the role of maritime connectivity and trading across borders

7 October 2024

This paper examines the impact of trade facilitation factors on trade flows, with a particular focus on Global Value Chains (GVCs) in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors. Using the structural gravity model of international and intra-national trade ...

Global value chains and firms’ environmental performance, published in World Development

26 September 2023

This paper analyzes the link between joining global value chains (GVCs) and firms’ environmental performance. Based on new survey data for firms in countries in Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and MENA, we use propensity score matching (PSM) to compare simi ...

Global Value Chain Participation and Real Effective Exchange Rates: Insights from Tunisia

6 March 2023

Author(s): Guedidi I, Baghdadi L Yes Tunisia Global-Value-Chain-Participation-and-Real-Effective-Exchange-Rates-Insights-from-Tunisia.pdf Author(s): Guedidi I, Baghdadi L Download 1 February 2023 Trade topics: Global Value Chains, Equilibrium Real Exchang ...

“Global value chains in the age of internet: what opportunities for Africa?“

19 February 2022

This chapter analyses the impact of the internet on global value chains (GVCs) in Africa. We investigate the effect of internet adoption on forward participation and backward participation of African countries in GVCs. We conduct the estimations using cou ...

Global value chains in the age of internet: what opportunities for Africa?

5 April 2021

This chapter analyses the impact of the internet on global value chains (GVCs) in Africa. We investigate the effect of internet adoption on forward participation and backward participation of African countries in GVCs. We conduct the estimations using cou ...

Export diversification and industrial policy in Tunisia

19 November 2020

This paper explores the Tunisian experience of exports diversification and the role played by industrial policies. It describes the general trends and the dynamics of diversification using a very disaggregated data set on exports for the period 1995-2017, ...

"Assessing the performance of offshore firms in Tunisia" published in Journal of Economic Integration

11 November 2019

This paper examines the performance of offshore firms in Tunisia for the period 2002~2014. Using firm-level data, we analyze the impact of offshoring on turnover, productivity, wages and firm survival. Overall, offshore firms perform better with respect t ...

"Assessing the performance of offshore firms in Tunisia" published in Journal of Economic Integration

11 November 2019

This paper examines the performance of offshore firms in Tunisia for the period 2002~2014. Using firm-level data, we analyze the impact of offshoring on turnover, productivity, wages and firm survival. Overall, offshore firms perform better with respect t ...

Kenya’s Experience in Economic Development

11 May 2019

Prof. Tabitha Kiriti-Nganga delivered a presentation on 41st regional course on key issues on the international economic agenda. The presentation covered: Kenya’s experience in economic development Attempts at diversifying its economic productive base Mai ...

Production Shifts and Upgrading in ASEAN Automotive Production Network: Case on Toyota-led Regional Value Chains

25 January 2019

RVCs. The upgrading embraces areas of upstream (on research, development, ...

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