Moving up the global value chain in Latvia

Stronger integration in global value chains would speed up economic convergence to advanced OECD economies and raise living standards. Participation in global value chains (GVCs) offers opportunities for boosting productivity through knowledge transfer and intensive use of technologically advanced i...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yashiro, Naomitsu
Other Authors: De Backer, Koen, Fuentes Hutfilter, Andrés, Kools, Marco
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2017
Series:OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 02132nma a2200277 u 4500
001 EB001832956
003 EBX01000000000000000999402
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 180616 ||| eng
100 1 |a Yashiro, Naomitsu 
245 0 0 |a Moving up the global value chain in Latvia  |h Elektronische Ressource  |c Naomitsu, Yashiro ... [et al] 
260 |a Paris  |b OECD Publishing  |c 2017 
300 |a 38 p 
653 |a Economics 
653 |a Latvia 
700 1 |a De Backer, Koen 
700 1 |a Fuentes Hutfilter, Andrés 
700 1 |a Kools, Marco 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b OECD  |a OECD Books and Papers 
490 0 |a OECD Economics Department Working Papers 
028 5 0 |a 10.1787/3a486c5e-en 
856 4 0 |a oecd-ilibrary.org  |u https://doi.org/10.1787/3a486c5e-en  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 330 
520 |a Stronger integration in global value chains would speed up economic convergence to advanced OECD economies and raise living standards. Participation in global value chains (GVCs) offers opportunities for boosting productivity through knowledge transfer and intensive use of technologically advanced inputs. It also enables Latvia to diversify exports into high value added goods and services. Latvia's participation in GVC lags behind its Baltic and Central European peers. It also draws less value added from GVCs compared to many OECD economies. Nevertheless, GVC participation boosts the productivity of Latvian firms and enables them to increase employment and wages. Strong skills, high innovation capabilities and efficient resource allocation are essential for Latvian firms to engage in more knowledge intensive activities within GVCs. Improving access to higher education, promoting innovation cooperation between Latvian firms and foreign research institutes, reducing the large informal economy and establishing an effective judiciary and insolvency regime would unlock productivity growth through stronger integration in GVCs. This Working Paper relates to the 2017 OECD Economic Survey of Latvia. (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-latvia.htm)