The production of most goods is increasingly organized along global value chains, in which different stages of the production process are fragmented across countries. The CEPR Research Network on Global Value Chains, Trade and Development was established to stimulate debate on the important and timely questions raised by the emergence of global value chains. The World Bank Group has also identified as a key priority to help developing countries to connect to, and develop through global value chains. CEPR and the World Bank Group have decided to join forces to foster debate and collaborations in this area among researchers in both academic and policy institutions.

 
After the first three events held in the North America (Washington, DC), Europe (Geneva), and Asia (Singapore), the next conference of the research network will take place in South America (Santiago de Chile) on January 12-13, 2018 hosted by DIRECON, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile.
 
The conference is organised by Paola Conconi (Director of the CEPR Research Network on Global Value Chains, Trade and Development), Daria Taglioni (Principal Economist, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group), and Viviana Araneda (Head of Global Value Chains Division, DIRECON, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile).

 
Keynote speakers:

Lorenzo Caliendo
Yale University, School of Management

 

If you would like to submit a paper, please upload a draft with your reply form by visiting CEPR's login page. Authors who are not CEPR members can email their submission to nclarke@cepr.org no later than November 20, 2017 (18:00 GMT).
 
You may also like to read our Guidelines on how to register online for CEPR Meetings. If you have any difficulties registering for this meeting, please contact Nadine Clarke, at nclarke@cepr.org or +44 20 7183 8810.