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Title Global Value Chains, 'In-Out-In' Industrialization, and the Global Patterns of Sectoral Value Addition
Full text https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/38570/1/oso-9780192894311-chapter-13.pdf
Date 2021
Author(s) Andreoni, Antonio; Torreggiani, Sofia; Lee, Keun
Contributor(s) Andreoni, Antonio; Mondliwa, Pamela; Roberts, Simon; Tregenna, Fiona
Abstract Since the emergence and diffusion of regional and global value chains, production-chain development has always played a key role in shaping countries' structural transformation. Over the years, the geographical breadth, length, and depth of these chains have changed significantly. Building on the catching-up experience of South Korea and China, this chapter investigates the conditions and processes under which today's catching-up economies can benefit from integrating into global value chains (GVCs). The chapter empirically documents how successful catching-up has been associated with an 'in-out-in' industrialization process of GVC integration, where countries first 'couple' by entering GVCs in low value-added segments, then 'decouple' by building domestic supply chains and upgrading existing local capabilities, and finally 'recouple' by performing high value-addition activities in GVCs. The chapter also assesses the extent to which middle-income countries like South Africa have managed to increase their sectoral value addition in this global production settlement over the last two decades. The chapter finds that today's middle-income countries have experienced different fortunes at the country and sectoral level when it comes to increasing domestic value addition. The chapter concludes by reflecting on possible future scenarios arising in the post-Covid-19 international context and the emergence of potential new industrialization models.
Language en
Publisher Oxford University Press
Relation https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/38570/; https://academic.oup.com/book/39853/chapter/340016561; 10.1093/oso/9780192894311.003.0013
Type of publication Book Chapters; NonPeerReviewed
Format text
Rights cc_by_nc_nd_4
Identifier Andreoni, Antonio, Torreggiani, Sofia and Lee, Keun (2021) 'Global Value Chains, 'In-Out-In' Industrialization, and the Global Patterns of Sectoral Value Addition.' In: Andreoni, Antonio, Mondliwa, Pamela, Roberts, Simon and Tregenna, Fiona, (eds.), Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 286-311.
Repository London - SOAS, University of London
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