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Global value chains (GVCs) have proven to be resilient amid challenges posed by the pandemic and environmental and geopolitical shocks, says a report co-published by the World...

There is no doubt that the production of goods and services has become increasingly globalized since the 1970s, but this trend is one that is hard to measure. Ideally, the best way would be to use firm-level trade and census data across countries, but such data are very rare.

Korea’s cultural and creative industry is the the seventh-largest in the world – underlining both its resilience and the rapid growth in its global standing.

Higher inflation has been a global phenomenon, even if with different intensities and multiple determinants

This article will be released in full online November 8, 2021. As the internationalization of monopoly capital grows, particularly through the domination of…

National trade policies can play a complementary role but international trading rules that are being proposed to the WTO can constrain developing countries’ progress towards environmentally sustainable growth.

Currently, under Mission Poshan 2.0 the organization is providing technical assistance to state governments in improving their supply-chains, and hence procurement, access and administration of Vitamin A and Deworming doses to under-5 children.

On September 10, Supreme Court Justice Maqbool Baqar delivered a keynote address at the Rasheed Rizvi Centre for Constitutional...

The immediate consequences of natural disasters for global value chains are well-documented, but little is known about the longer term. This column examines the long-term impact of the 2011 earthquake in Japan on auto and electronics supply chains using data on imports of Japanese products worldwide. Imports shifted to new suppliers, especially in products where dependence on

OECD Information for journalists, The Malaysian economy is on the road to recovery from COVID-19, although risks remain from the ongoing crisis. A return, over time, to pre-pandemic growth rates will require continued reforms to improve the business environment further, and accelerate digitalisation, according to a new OECD report.