Join us next week on 24 November at 16:00 with Daria Taglioni for the next event in our
WIDER Webinar
Series<https://www.wider.unu.edu/node/237129>29>.
Full details on the event page:
https://www.wider.unu.edu/node/237879
International trade and supply chains: what can we tell about their recovery post
COVID-19
The growth of international trade and the expansion of Global Value Chains (GVCs) over the
last 30 years have had remarkable effects on development. Incomes have risen, productivity
has gone up, and poverty has fallen. The fragmentation of production and knowledge
transfer inherent in GVCs are in no small part responsible for these advances.
Hyperspecialization by firms at different stages of production enhances productivity and
efficiency, and durable firm-to-firm relationships foster technological transfer and
access to capital and inputs along value chains.
At this moment however there is reason to worry that this trade-led path to development is
under threat. Since 2008 trade and GVC growth have languished. COVID-19 has brought
further concerns. Many governments now worry about the robustness and resilience of GVCs.
This seminar will discuss emerging evidence on new patterns of international trade and
global value chains, current policy challenges, and implications for development.
Selim Raihan joins as discussant to provide insights on how COVID-19 has affected
international trade in South Asia and the potential impacts on the region's place in
global value chains in the future.
Register
here<https://www2.wider.unu.edu/crm/content/webinar-series-24-november&g…
For more details please contact
toppari@wider.unu.edu<mailto:toppari@wider.unu.edu>
Ruby Richardson
Communications Assistant
United Nations University World Institute for
Development Economics Research
Phone +358 (0)9 615 99257
Email richardson@wider.unu.edu<mailto:richardson@wider.unu.edu> Web
wider.unu.edu
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, FI-00160 Helsinki, Finland
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