1. GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY
OECD Global Parliamentary Network meeting
Paris, 2 October 2014
Trudy Witbreuk, Head of the Development Division, OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate

2. GVC participation, 1995 and 2009

3. GVC participation in non-OECD economies
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OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate 3
OECD (2013) Interconnected economies

4. Services value-added in gross exports

5. Jobs in the business sector sustained by foreign final demand, 1995 and 2008

6. Implications: Trade and Investment Policies
•GVCs are about imports and exports;
•Barriers to import = taxes on exports
•Trade facilitation + efficient services
•Standards
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7. OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators

8. OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators country profile

9. Countries with high regulatory barriers import less, but also export less services
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Air
Legal services
Insurance
Banking
Imports
Exports

10. OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index country profiles
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Regulatory transparency
Barriers to competition
Other discriminatory
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Restrictions to movement of
people
Restrictions on foreign entry
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11. OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
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The STRI provides a snapshot of individual countries, relative to average and best practise
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Allows countries to benchmark,
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…trade negotiators to target bottlenecks,
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…and firms to identify requirements to enter new markets
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The STRI does not prescribe generic solutions,
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…but helps governments to identify opportunities to improve their services policy performance.

12. The Importance of Complementary Policies
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The efficient functioning of GVCs (hence the participation of countries in GVCs) depends on the easy/smooth circulation of productive resources within GVCs: goods (final and intermediate), services, capital, people, human capital, technology
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Strong social, environmental and governance frameworks and policies
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Sound public institutions
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Competition policy
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Innovation systems
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Financial systems
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Active labour market policies
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Investment in education, skills and training
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Adequate social safety nets

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