Promoting trade and integration in global value chains
The OECD provides support for the MENA region as economies seek to move up global value chains and enhance the contribution of international investment and trade to their growth agendas. An OECD study on the Participation of Developing Countries in Global Value Chains included analysis of the MENA region. The study found that productivity, export sophistication and export diversification are positively associated with greater participation in GVCs. The study also highlighted the importance of trade and investment liberalisation.
The report Upgrading Global Value Chains through Investment in Tunisia assesses the country’s current integration in GVCs and identifies measures for the modernisation of the legal and institutional framework for trade and investment. The analysis builds on OECD tools such as TiVA and the Policy Framework for Investment. It notes the need for Tunisia to consider the complexity of GVCs in their entirety, including the role of services and the limitations of relying only on the offshore regime.
Foreign value added share of gross exports, 2016 50
Morocco
45
Saudi Arabia
Tunisia
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Source: OECD (2019), Domestic value added in gross exports (indicator). 44 . ACTIVE WITH MENA