Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Foster-McGregor, Neil
Author-workplace-name: UNU-MERIT 
Author-Name: Kaulich, Florian
Author-Name: Stehrer, Robert
Title: Global Value Chains in Africa
Abstract: This paper provides evidence on the extent of Global Value Chain (GVC)
	 participation by Africa as a region and for individual African countries. We find
	 that Africa as a whole is heavily involved in GVCs, being more engaged in GVCs than
	 many developing country regions as well as developed countries such as the USA. This
	 overall finding hides the fact that much of Africa's participation in GVCs is in
	 upstream production, with African firms providing primary inputs to firms in
	 countries further down the value chain. The possibility of upgrading within GVCs in
	 Africa is likely to be limited therefore, something which the current analysis
	 suggests. Despite this, we observe a great deal of heterogeneity in terms of GVC
	 participation and upgrading across African countries, with a number of African
	 countries participating in GVCs to a relatively large extent. 
Keywords: Africa, Global Value Chains, GVC, Upgrading
Classification-JEL: D46; F15; F23; O14; O25
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2015
Number: 2015-024
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2015/wp2015-024.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2015024