Local sourcing in developing countries: 皇冠体育app role of foreign direct investments and global value chains
This paper investigates how participation and positioning in the GVCs of host countries is associated to local sourcing by foreign investors
Abstract
皇冠体育app local sourcing of intermediate products is one the main channels for foreign direct investment (FDI) spillovers. This paper investigates whether and how participation and positioning in the global value chains (GVCs) of host countries is associated to local sourcing by foreign investors. Matching two firm-level data sets on 19 Sub-Saharan African countries and Vietnam to country-sector level measures of GVC involvement, we find that more intense GVC participation and upstream specialization are associated to a higher share of inputs sourced locally by foreign investors. 皇冠体育appse effects are larger in countries with stronger rule of law and better education.
This work is part of the 鈥楳acroeconomics in Low-income countries鈥� programme
Citation
Vito Amendolagine, Andrea F. Presbitero, Roberta Rabellotti, Marco Sanfilippo, Local sourcing in developing countries: 皇冠体育app role of foreign direct investments and global value chains, World Development, Volume 113, 2019, Pages 73-88, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.08.010.