UID:
edocfu_9958096259402883
Umfang:
xxi, 391 pages :
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illustrations, map ;
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23 cm.
ISBN:
1-282-81892-9
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9786612818929
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0-8213-8503-8
Serie:
Trade and Development
Inhalt:
The world is in the midst of a sporadic and painful recovery from the most severe economic crisis since the 1930's' Great Depression. The unprecedented scale of the crisis and the speed of its transmission have revealed the interdependence of the global economy and the increasing reliance by businesses on global value chains (GVCs). These chains represent the process of ever-finer specialization and geographic fragmentation of production, with the more labor-intensive portions transferred to developing countries. As the recovery unfolds, it is time to take stock of the after effects and to draw
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction and Overview; Chapter 1: Global Value Chains in a Postcrisis World: Resilience, Consolidation, and Shifting End Markets; Part II: The Crisis and Trends in Global Trade, Demand, and Production; Chapter 2: Trade, Crisis, and Recovery: Restructuring Global Value Chains; Chapter 3: Global Value Chains and the Crisis: Reshaping International Trade Elasticity?; Chapter 4: Global Value Chains, the Crisis, and the Shift of Markets from North to South
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Part III: Global Value Chains and Developing Countries Postcrisis: Sectoral Perspectives Chapter 5: The Global Apparel Value Chain, Trade, and the Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Countries; Chapter 6: Effects of the 2008-09 Crisis on the Automotive Industry in Developing Countries: A Global Value Chain Perspective; Chapter 7: Global Value Chains in the Electronics Industry: Was the Crisis a Window of Opportunity for Developing Countries?; Chapter 8: What Happens When the Market Shifts to China? The Gabon Timber and Thai Cassava Value Chains
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Chapter 9: The Offshore Services Value Chain: Developing Countries and the Crisis Index; Back Cover
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8213-8499-6
Sprache:
Englisch
