Direct measurement of global value chains: Collecting product- and firm-level statistics on value added and business function outsourcing and offshoring

Authors: 
Linden, Greg
Bøegh Nielsen, Peter
Gereffi, Gary
Brown, Clair
Editors: 
Mattoo, Aaditya
Wang, Zhi
Wei, Shang-Jin
Publishers: 
World Bank
Sponsors: 
Centre for Economic Policy Research
Publication Type: 
Chapter, Edited Book
Book Title: 
Trade in Value Added: Developing New Measures of Cross-Border Trade
Page Numbers: 
289-319
Total Pages: 
31
Published On: 
2013

In chapter 11, the authors describe two "bottom-up" efforts to measure GVCs: product-level GVC studies and business function surveys.

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