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Digital Technologies and Product Upgrading in Global Value Chains: Empirical Evidence from Indian Manufacturing FirmsTHIS ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW. This article provides empirical evidence on the impact of digitalisation on product upgrading in global value chains (GVCs)...
Technology Global value chains ManufacturingNews
Press Release: New data reveals developing economies are bucking trend of de-industrialization
Economic Transformation Database Deindustrialization Economic transformation Blog
Sub-Saharan Africa had a manufacturing renaissance in 2010s – it’s a promising sign for the years aheadThe COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the global economy, with world output contracting at 3.5% in 2020, and no recovery likely before the fourth quarter of 2021...
Structural transformation Manufacturing Employment and IndustryWorking Paper
Labour turnover and workers' well-being in the Ethiopian manufacturing industryManufacturing industry expansion is a central part of Ethiopia’s growth and transformation agenda due to its potential for accelerated economic development and large-scale job creation, in particular for women...
female labour supply Occupational turnover Labour dynamicsWorking Paper
Constraints on the performance and competitiveness of Tanzania’s manufacturing exportsThis study sought to examine the main constraints to manufacturing export competitiveness in Tanzania...
Competitiveness Manufacturing ExportsWorking Paper
A manufacturing renaissance? Industrialization trends in the developing worldThis paper examines industrialization trends in developing countries...
Industrialization Economic Transformation Database ManufacturingWorking Paper
Premature deindustrialization and income inequality in middle-income countriesThis paper examines the income inequality implications of a ‘premature deindustrialization’ trend in middle-income countries...
Deindustrialization Income inequality Middle-income countriesWorking Paper
Informality and firm performance in MyanmarUsing a novel panel survey of enterprises in Myanmar, we compare the performance of manufacturing firms by three different informality definitions. The first is binary, based on whether firms pay taxes...
Firms Informality MyanmarJournal Article
Was Kuznets Right?: New evidence on the relationship between structural transformation and inequalityWe examine the Kuznets postulate that structural transformation leads to higher inequality using comparable panel data for a large number of developing and developed countries for 1960–2012...
Structural transformation Inequality KuznetsResearch Brief
Turnin’ it up a notch: Can foreign direct investment help South Africa increase the complexity of its exports?Since the end of apartheid, South Africa’s economic challenges have disrupted efforts to establish a society of inclusive growth and prosperity...
Economic complexity Foreign Direct Investment FDIJournal Article
Corporate social responsibility in a competitive business environmentUsing a representative sample of more than 5,000 Vietnamese enterprises, we explore the firm-level productivity effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR)...
Business enterprises Corporate culture ManufacturingReport
Myanmar Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Survey 2019: Descriptive ReportThe 2019 descriptive report of the Myanmar Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Survey is the second quantitative report of the Myanmar Enterprises Monitoring System (MEMS) project...
SMEs Informal sector ManufacturingBook Chapter
Local content in Zambia—a faltering experience?From the book: Mining for Change
Industrialization Local content Economic linkagesBook Chapter
The construction sector in ZambiaFrom the book: Mining for Change
Industrialization Local content Economic linkagesWorking Paper
Turnin’ it up a notch: how spillovers from foreign direct investment boost the complexity of South Africa’s exportsCountries’ economic complexity, and the associated diversification and sophistication of their exports, is a key determinant of economic growth...
Economic complexity Foreign Direct Investment FDIWorking Paper
Was Kuznets right?: New evidence on the relationship between structural transformation and inequalityWe examine the Kuznets postulate that structural transformation leads to higher inequality using comparable panel data for a large number of developing and developed countries for 1960–2012...
Structural transformation Inequality Kuznets