African firms in global value chains: What can we learn from firm‐level data in Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?
Romaric Coulibaly
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Akiko Suwa‐eisenmann
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Nouhoum Traore
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Résumé
The paper offers a detailed review of African firms' participation to international value chains and provides new quantitative insights on two countries, Cameroon and Ivory Coast, based on a unique dataset, which was obtained by merging firm census and detailed customs transactions over time. “GVC firms” are defined as firms that both export and import, with positive production and labour. The paper characterises GVC firms in the two countries. GVC firms represent about 15% of manufacturing firms; they are more frequent than pure exporters, a sign of the challenges faced by firms in those countries if they want to sell abroad. In line with the literature on firm heterogeneity and trade, firms engaged in GVCs are larger, more productive and live longer than one‐way‐traders or domestic firms. African markets are the main destination of manufacturing GVCs in Ivory Coast, while Cameroon GVC firms rely on OECD (including for agricultural exports). There is limited cross‐penetration between African‐oriented and OECD‐oriented GVC firms over time. The probability of moving into a GVC is higher for exporters than for importers, showing that exporting is a stepping stone for African firms to join a GVC.
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Titre |
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African firms in global value chains: What can we learn from firm‐level data in Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?
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Résumé |
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The paper offers a detailed review of African firms' participation to international value chains and provides new quantitative insights on two countries, Cameroon and Ivory Coast, based on a unique dataset, which was obtained by merging firm census and detailed customs transactions over time. “GVC firms” are defined as firms that both export and import, with positive production and labour. The paper characterises GVC firms in the two countries. GVC firms represent about 15% of manufacturing firms; they are more frequent than pure exporters, a sign of the challenges faced by firms in those countries if they want to sell abroad. In line with the literature on firm heterogeneity and trade, firms engaged in GVCs are larger, more productive and live longer than one‐way‐traders or domestic firms. African markets are the main destination of manufacturing GVCs in Ivory Coast, while Cameroon GVC firms rely on OECD (including for agricultural exports). There is limited cross‐penetration between African‐oriented and OECD‐oriented GVC firms over time. The probability of moving into a GVC is higher for exporters than for importers, showing that exporting is a stepping stone for African firms to join a GVC.
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Auteur(s) |
Romaric Coulibaly
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, Heddie Moreno
2, 3
, Akiko Suwa‐eisenmann
2, 3
, Nouhoum Traore
4, 5
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ENSEA -
Ecole nationale supérieure de statistique et d'économie appliquée [Abidjan]
( 56213 )
- 08 BP 3, Abidjan 08, Côte d'Ivoire
- Côte d’Ivoire
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PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 578027 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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World Bank Group
( 419331 )
- 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433 USA
- États-Unis
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IFC -
International Finance Corporation
( 1182959 )
- États-Unis
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Audience |
Internationale
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Volume |
46
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Numéro |
11
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Page/Identifiant |
3301-3324
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Date de publication |
2023-11
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Mots-clés |
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Firms and trade, Global value chains
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DOI | 10.1111/twec.13506 |
UT key WOS | 001076683500001 |
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