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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Main Authors: Dimaranan, Betina, Ianchovichina, Elena, Martin, Will
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GDP
TAX
WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8186905/china-india-future-world-economy-fierce-competition-or-shared-growth
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topic ABSOLUTE VALUE
ACCESSION COMMITMENTS
ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL
ADJUSTMENT COSTS
AGRICULTURE
ANNUAL GROWTH
APPAREL
APPAREL INDUSTRIES
APPAREL INDUSTRY
APPAREL QUOTAS
BANK OFFICE
BILATERAL TRADE
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
COMMODITY
COMMODITY EXPORTS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CONSUMER DEMAND
COUNTRY FORECASTS
DEBT
DEMAND ELASTICITIES
DEMAND FOR GOODS
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DIRECT INVESTMENT
DIVIDENDS
DOMESTIC GOODS
DOMESTIC MARKET
DUTY DRAWBACK
DUTY DRAWBACKS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EXPANSION
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC POWERS
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPANSION OF EXPORTS
EXPORT BASKETS
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORT MARKET
EXPORT PRICES
EXPORT PROCESSING
EXPORT SECTORS
EXPORT SHARE
EXPORT SHARES
EXPORT VOLUME
EXPORT VOLUMES
EXPORTER
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
FACTOR ENDOWMENTS
FINAL GOODS
FORECASTS
FOREIGN TRADE
FREE ACCESS
GDP
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GLOBAL COMPETITION
GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL INTEGRATION
GLOBAL INVESTMENT
GLOBAL MARKETS
GLOBAL TRADE
GLOBAL TRADE ANALYSIS
GROWTH RATES
HUMAN CAPITAL
IDIOSYNCRATIC FACTORS
IMBALANCES
IMPERFECT SUBSTITUTES
IMPORT
IMPORT DATA
IMPORT DEMAND
IMPORT SUBSTITUTION
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INCOMES
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
INDUSTRY TRADE
INTERMEDIATE IMPORTS
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET POLICIES
LABOR-ABUNDANT COUNTRIES
LATIN AMERICAN
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
MARKET ENTRY
MIDDLE EAST
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
NATURAL RESOURCE
NEW MARKETS
NEW PRODUCTS
NORTH AFRICA
OUTPUT
OUTPUT DECLINES
OUTPUTS
PACIFIC REGION
PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSES
PARTICULAR COUNTRIES
POSITIVE SPILLOVER
POSITIVE SPILLOVER EFFECTS
PRICE DECLINES
PRICE OF EXPORTS
PRICE OF IMPORTS
PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION
PRODUCT MARKETS
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH
RAPID EXPANSION
RAPID EXPORT GROWTH
RAPID GROWTH
RAPID LIBERALIZATION
REAL GDP
REAL INCOME
REGIONAL TRADE
REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
SAVINGS
SHARE OF CAPITAL
SKILLED WORKERS
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TARIFF DATA
TARIFF REDUCTION
TAX
TAX CONCESSIONS
TERMS OF TRADE
TERMS-OF-TRADE EFFECT
TOTAL EXPORTS
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TOTAL IMPORTS
TOURISM
TRADE DATA
TRADE DISTORTIONS
TRADE EFFECTS
TRADE FACILITATION
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE LOSS
TRADE LOSSES
TRADE MODELS
TRADE PATTERNS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE POLICY ANALYSIS
TRADE POLICY REVIEW
TRADE REFORM
TRADE REGIMES
TRADE VOLUME
TRADING PARTNER
TRADING PARTNERS
TRANSPORT COSTS
UNCERTAINTY
UNSKILLED LABOR
URUGUAY ROUND
VALUE ADDED
VOLUME OF TRADE
WELFARE LOSS
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE VALUE
ACCESSION COMMITMENTS
ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL
ADJUSTMENT COSTS
AGRICULTURE
ANNUAL GROWTH
APPAREL
APPAREL INDUSTRIES
APPAREL INDUSTRY
APPAREL QUOTAS
BANK OFFICE
BILATERAL TRADE
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
COMMODITY
COMMODITY EXPORTS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CONSUMER DEMAND
COUNTRY FORECASTS
DEBT
DEMAND ELASTICITIES
DEMAND FOR GOODS
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DIRECT INVESTMENT
DIVIDENDS
DOMESTIC GOODS
DOMESTIC MARKET
DUTY DRAWBACK
DUTY DRAWBACKS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EXPANSION
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC POWERS
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPANSION OF EXPORTS
EXPORT BASKETS
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORT MARKET
EXPORT PRICES
EXPORT PROCESSING
EXPORT SECTORS
EXPORT SHARE
EXPORT SHARES
EXPORT VOLUME
EXPORT VOLUMES
EXPORTER
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
FACTOR ENDOWMENTS
FINAL GOODS
FORECASTS
FOREIGN TRADE
FREE ACCESS
GDP
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GLOBAL COMPETITION
GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL INTEGRATION
GLOBAL INVESTMENT
GLOBAL MARKETS
GLOBAL TRADE
GLOBAL TRADE ANALYSIS
GROWTH RATES
HUMAN CAPITAL
IDIOSYNCRATIC FACTORS
IMBALANCES
IMPERFECT SUBSTITUTES
IMPORT
IMPORT DATA
IMPORT DEMAND
IMPORT SUBSTITUTION
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INCOMES
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
INDUSTRY TRADE
INTERMEDIATE IMPORTS
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET POLICIES
LABOR-ABUNDANT COUNTRIES
LATIN AMERICAN
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
MARKET ENTRY
MIDDLE EAST
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
NATURAL RESOURCE
NEW MARKETS
NEW PRODUCTS
NORTH AFRICA
OUTPUT
OUTPUT DECLINES
OUTPUTS
PACIFIC REGION
PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSES
PARTICULAR COUNTRIES
POSITIVE SPILLOVER
POSITIVE SPILLOVER EFFECTS
PRICE DECLINES
PRICE OF EXPORTS
PRICE OF IMPORTS
PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION
PRODUCT MARKETS
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH
RAPID EXPANSION
RAPID EXPORT GROWTH
RAPID GROWTH
RAPID LIBERALIZATION
REAL GDP
REAL INCOME
REGIONAL TRADE
REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
SAVINGS
SHARE OF CAPITAL
SKILLED WORKERS
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TARIFF DATA
TARIFF REDUCTION
TAX
TAX CONCESSIONS
TERMS OF TRADE
TERMS-OF-TRADE EFFECT
TOTAL EXPORTS
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TOTAL IMPORTS
TOURISM
TRADE DATA
TRADE DISTORTIONS
TRADE EFFECTS
TRADE FACILITATION
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE LOSS
TRADE LOSSES
TRADE MODELS
TRADE PATTERNS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE POLICY ANALYSIS
TRADE POLICY REVIEW
TRADE REFORM
TRADE REGIMES
TRADE VOLUME
TRADING PARTNER
TRADING PARTNERS
TRANSPORT COSTS
UNCERTAINTY
UNSKILLED LABOR
URUGUAY ROUND
VALUE ADDED
VOLUME OF TRADE
WELFARE LOSS
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
Dimaranan, Betina
Ianchovichina, Elena
Martin, Will
China, India, and the Future of the World Economy : Fierce Competition or Shared Growth?
geographic_facet South Asia
East Asia and Pacific
China
India
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4304
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Dimaranan, Betina
Ianchovichina, Elena
Martin, Will
author_facet Dimaranan, Betina
Ianchovichina, Elena
Martin, Will
author_sort Dimaranan, Betina
title China, India, and the Future of the World Economy : Fierce Competition or Shared Growth?
title_short China, India, and the Future of the World Economy : Fierce Competition or Shared Growth?
title_full China, India, and the Future of the World Economy : Fierce Competition or Shared Growth?
title_fullStr China, India, and the Future of the World Economy : Fierce Competition or Shared Growth?
title_full_unstemmed China, India, and the Future of the World Economy : Fierce Competition or Shared Growth?
title_sort china, india, and the future of the world economy : fierce competition or shared growth?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url 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
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spelling okr-10986-72972021-04-23T14:02:34Z China, India, and the Future of the World Economy : Fierce Competition or Shared Growth? Dimaranan, Betina Ianchovichina, Elena Martin, Will ABSOLUTE VALUE ACCESSION COMMITMENTS ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL ADJUSTMENT COSTS AGRICULTURE ANNUAL GROWTH APPAREL APPAREL INDUSTRIES APPAREL INDUSTRY APPAREL QUOTAS BANK OFFICE BILATERAL TRADE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION COMMODITY COMMODITY EXPORTS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMER DEMAND COUNTRY FORECASTS DEBT DEMAND ELASTICITIES DEMAND FOR GOODS DEVALUATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIRECT INVESTMENT DIVIDENDS DOMESTIC GOODS DOMESTIC MARKET DUTY DRAWBACK DUTY DRAWBACKS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EXPANSION ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC POWERS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY EXCHANGE RATE EXPANSION OF EXPORTS EXPORT BASKETS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKET EXPORT PRICES EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT SECTORS EXPORT SHARE EXPORT SHARES EXPORT VOLUME EXPORT VOLUMES EXPORTER EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FINAL GOODS FORECASTS FOREIGN TRADE FREE ACCESS GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GLOBAL COMPETITION GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL INTEGRATION GLOBAL INVESTMENT GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL TRADE GLOBAL TRADE ANALYSIS GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL IDIOSYNCRATIC FACTORS IMBALANCES IMPERFECT SUBSTITUTES IMPORT IMPORT DATA IMPORT DEMAND IMPORT SUBSTITUTION IMPORTS INCOME INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRY TRADE INTERMEDIATE IMPORTS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR-ABUNDANT COUNTRIES LATIN AMERICAN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MARKET ENTRY MIDDLE EAST MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NATURAL RESOURCE NEW MARKETS NEW PRODUCTS NORTH AFRICA OUTPUT OUTPUT DECLINES OUTPUTS PACIFIC REGION PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSES PARTICULAR COUNTRIES POSITIVE SPILLOVER POSITIVE SPILLOVER EFFECTS PRICE DECLINES PRICE OF EXPORTS PRICE OF IMPORTS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH RAPID EXPANSION RAPID EXPORT GROWTH RAPID GROWTH RAPID LIBERALIZATION REAL GDP REAL INCOME REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS SAVINGS SHARE OF CAPITAL SKILLED WORKERS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TARIFF DATA TARIFF REDUCTION TAX TAX CONCESSIONS TERMS OF TRADE TERMS-OF-TRADE EFFECT TOTAL EXPORTS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL IMPORTS TOURISM TRADE DATA TRADE DISTORTIONS TRADE EFFECTS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE LOSS TRADE LOSSES TRADE MODELS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY ANALYSIS TRADE POLICY REVIEW TRADE REFORM TRADE REGIMES TRADE VOLUME TRADING PARTNER TRADING PARTNERS TRANSPORT COSTS UNCERTAINTY UNSKILLED LABOR URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED VOLUME OF TRADE WELFARE LOSS WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO 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. 2012-06-06T18:34:19Z 2012-06-06T18:34:19Z 2007-08 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 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4304 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia East Asia and Pacific China India