China, India, and the Future of the World Economy : Fierce Competition or Shared Growth?
Although both China and India are labor-abundant and dependant on manufactures, their export mixes are very different. Only one product-refined petroleum-appears in the top 25 products for both countries, and services exports are roughly twice as i...
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Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8186905/china-india-future-world-economy-fierce-competition-or-shared-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7297 |
Summary: | Although both China and India are
labor-abundant and dependant on manufactures, their export
mixes are very different. Only one product-refined
petroleum-appears in the top 25 products for both countries,
and services exports are roughly twice as important for
India as for China, which is much better integrated into
global production networks. Even assuming India also begins
to integrate into global production chains and expands
exports of manufactures, there seems to be opportunity for
rapid growth in both countries. Accelerated growth through
efficiency improvements in China and India, especially in
their high-tech industries, will intensify competition in
global markets leading to contraction of the manufacturing
sectors in many countries. Improvement in the range and
quality of exports from China and India has the potential to
create substantial welfare benefits for the world, and for
China and India, and to act as a powerful offset to the
terms-of-trade losses otherwise associated with rapid export
growth. However, without efforts to keep up with China and
India, some countries may see further erosion of their
export shares and high-tech manufacturing sectors. |
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