Greening global value chains: Emerging countries’ upstream industries
Accelerating the decarbonization of energy-intensive industries in emerging economies is crucial for achieving global net-zero emissions targets.
Accelerating the decarbonization of energy-intensive industries in emerging economies is crucial for achieving global net-zero emissions targets.
Substantive progress is needed on specific sustainable industrialization indicators.
Countries can pick up their pace with policies based on reliable industrial statistics.
Food manufacturers must adapt to rising commodity prices by modifying the composition of food products and increasing local content.
LDCs may have recovered their industrial production but not their trade in manufacturing products.
Left unaddressed, power asymmetries in the world economy can negatively impact industrialization in the Global South.
The potential for bringing production back home crucially depends on local innovation ecosystems.
The pandemic is causing massive disruptions to flows of foreign direct investments. Developing countries are likely to be hit the hardest.