The Intangible Economy: How Services Shape Global Production and Consumption

doi:10.1017/9781108235938

The Intangible Economy: How Services Shape Global Production and Consumption studies aspects of the role of services in development as well as on particular sectoral issues, always with policy considerations lurking not far from the analysis. The volume highlights the evolution and significance of services in the global economy, including as a vehicle for development. It discusses the major pillars that hold the services infrastructure together, namely, its governance and financing mechanisms. Other chapters adopt more specific geographical or sectoral perspectives, including a regional study of the impact of services in economic integration in ASEAN; a country-level analysis of the role of services in economic and social upgrading in India; a look at industry-specific dynamics through the business process outsourcing model; and finally, a value chain view to understand how services are impacted on a granular or micro level by policies.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
pp vii-x
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Acknowledgements
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1 - Introduction
pp 1-4
- By Deborah K. Elms, Executive Director at Asian Trade Centre, Singapore, Arian Hassani, Vice President at J. P. Morgan's Global Philanthropy group in Hong Kong, Patrick Low, Visiting Professor and Director of the Asia Global Institute's Asia Global Fellows Programme at Hong Kong University
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2 - Contextualizing Services in the World Economy
pp 5-20
- By Patrick Low, Visiting Professor and Director of the Asia Global Institute's Asia Global Fellows Programme at Hong Kong University, Arian Hassani, Vice President at J. P. Morgan's Global Philanthropy group in Hong Kong
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3 - Services and Development: Priorities for Reform
pp 21-35
- By Christopher Findlay, Executive Dean of the Faculty of the Professions at the University of Adelaide
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4 - Gainfully Linking into Global Value Chains: A Middle-Income Country's Perspective
pp 36-54
- By Maria Joy V. Abrenica, Professor at the School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman and Research Fellow at the Center for the Advancement of Trade Integration and Facilitation
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5 - Who Governs Global Value Chains?
pp 55-80
- By Sherry Stephenson, Senior Fellow with the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) in Geneva, Switzerland, Anne-Katrin Pfister, Consultant with the Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice of the World Bank Group
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6 - Supply Chain Finance
pp 81-112
- By Gloria O. Pasadilla, Senior Analyst at the APEC Policy Support Unit (PSU) in Singapore and a former research fellow at the ADB Institute in Tokyo
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7 - Services and Economic Integration in ASEAN
pp 113-131
- By Julia Puspadewi Tijaja, Director at the ASEAN Integration Monitoring Directorate of the ASEAN Secretariat
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8 - Indian IT Firms: The Push for Innovation
pp 132-142
- By Dev Nathan, Visiting Professor at the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, and Visiting Research Fellow at the Center on Globalization, Governance and Competitiveness at Duke University, USA, Sandip Sarkar, Professor at the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, Balwant Singh Mehta, working as Associate Fellow at the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi
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9 - Leveraging Business Process Outsourcing for Growth
pp 143-166
- By Pradeep Kumar Mukherji, globally renowned management consultant and expert on ICT for economic development and is consulted regularly by multilateral development institutions such as the World Bank, Africa Development Bank, USAID, Commonwealth secretariat and UNCTAD, Chirag Rawat, He holds a MSc in Management of Information Systems from the London School of Economics and Political Science
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10 - Services in Global Value Chains and the Impact of Policy
pp 167-188
- By Denise Cheung, Senior Research Manager at Fung Business Intelligence in Hong Kong, David K.N. Sit, Senior Research Analyst at the Fung Business Intelligence, Hong Kong
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Contributors
pp 189-192
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Index
pp 193-196
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Development Trajectories in Global Value Chains
pp 197-197
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
pp vii-x

Acknowledgements
pp xi-xii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-4

2 - Contextualizing Services in the World Economy
pp 5-20

3 - Services and Development: Priorities for Reform
pp 21-35

4 - Gainfully Linking into Global Value Chains: A Middle-Income Country's Perspective
pp 36-54

5 - Who Governs Global Value Chains?
pp 55-80

6 - Supply Chain Finance
pp 81-112

7 - Services and Economic Integration in ASEAN
pp 113-131

8 - Indian IT Firms: The Push for Innovation
pp 132-142

9 - Leveraging Business Process Outsourcing for Growth
pp 143-166

10 - Services in Global Value Chains and the Impact of Policy
pp 167-188

Contributors
pp 189-192

Index
pp 193-196

Development Trajectories in Global Value Chains
pp 197-197

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