Global Value Chains, ‘In-Out-In’ Industrialization, and the Global Patterns of Sectoral Value Addition

Main author: Andreoni, Antonio
Other authors: Torreggiani, Sofia
Lee, Keun
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description 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.
author_additional Andreoni, Antonio
author_additionalStr Andreoni, Antonio
format Book Chapters
author Andreoni, Antonio
author_facet Andreoni, Antonio
Torreggiani, Sofia
Lee, Keun
authorStr Andreoni, Antonio
author_letter Andreoni, Antonio
author2 Torreggiani, Sofia
Lee, Keun
author2Str Torreggiani, Sofia
Lee, Keun
title Global Value Chains, ‘In-Out-In’ Industrialization, and the Global Patterns of Sectoral Value Addition
publisher Oxford University Press
publishDate 2021
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/38570/