Global Value Chain Policy Series: Taxation
This paper highlights the disconnect between the modern global economy and an outdated international tax framework and provides some suggestions for how tax policy could better promote su...
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Global Value Chain Policy Series: Services
With new data revealing the extent of services’ contribution to global value chains, there has been greater policy interest in what drives services competitiveness. This paper traces the ...
Global Value Chain Policy Series: Competition
Anti-competitive behaviour can affect the smooth functioning of global value chains (GVCs) in different ways and at various stages. The international nature of production networks, multin...
Global Value Chain Policy Series: Investment
Given the important role of multinational enterprises (MNEs), attracting foreign direct investment is a key concern for countries keen to join value chains. This paper explains why increa...
Global Value Chain Policy Series: Environment
This paper examines two questions that arise at the intersection of environmental sustainability and global value chains. The first relates to trade and other barriers to the smooth funct...
Global Value Chain Policy Series: Introduction
The Global Value Chain Policy Series was launched in 2018 by the World Economic Forum’s System Initiative on Shaping the Future of International Trade and Investment. It consists of brief...
How We Can Save (for) Our Future
In the white paper entitled 'We'll Live to 100 - How Can We Afford It?', the challenges facing retirement systems around the world due to increases in longevity were quantified and explor...
Managing Investment Risk for the Long Term: Insights on practitioner progress beyond short-term financial considerations
Driven by a new wave of disruptive growth from innovation, automation, and technology-centred processes, financial markets are undergoing a period of rapid change. While some of these cha...
Addressing E-Payment Challenges in Global E-Commerce
Technology has altered the way consumers interact with payment systems. The Internet, digitization, shifting consumer preferences and, in some cases, regulatory reform have accelerated th...
Accelerating Sustainable Energy Innovation
Despite significant achievements in sustainable energy innovation and market scaling of technologies such as solar, wind energy storage and others, the rate of change is not fast enough. ...
Financing a Forward-Looking Internet for All
This report makes the case that governments should think beyond closing the digital divide to investing in the development of a robust digital ecosystem that can facilitate participation ...
Maximizing the Return on Digital Investments
Digital technologies offer new ways for companies to grow and be more productive. However, it is not completely clear how investments in new technologies impact productivity. This White P...