Innovation can provide swift remedies to the COVID-19 linked recession. Policy should contain incentives to innovate in the long-term.

The recovery of supply chains can be supported through trade policies and firm-specific initiatives.

Women’s specific needs and potential as leaders and agents of change must be considered for COVID-19 mitigation and recovery measures.

COVID-19 stimulus packages must carry energy efficiency incentives to help industries and economies rebound.

Resolute policy action is required to sustain productive capacity and mitigate supply and demand shocks.

Policy responses to COVID-19 need to manage short-term effects of the pandemic while setting conditions for economic recovery.

Automation and reshoring mitigate risks. Industrial policies aiming to reduce dependence on global supply chains could accelerate the trend.

COVID-19 struck at the core of GVC hub regions, with severe implications for international production networks.

Policy actions and coordination will be crucial in mitigating the impacts of the global pandemic on industry.

UAE has made headways with efforts to diversify its oil-driven economy and now aims to break into high-tech manufacturing.

The East Asian Miracle provides crucial lessons for developing countries on export-oriented manufacturing growth.

Production became fragmented into networks across many locations, with implications for industrial development.

Individual country experiences point to differences in Global Value Chains participation since the mid-1990s.