Global Value Chain Self-Assessment Tool

CSIS has developed a self-assessment tool to measure government performance in a global economy.  The tool’s 87 questions look at the government policies and services that determine how attractive and how efficient a country will be as a location for companies in a global supply chain.  The questions, which we divided into six categories, range from how many days it takes to move a container across the border to measures of workforce health and education and the effectiveness of courts. 

To test the self-assessment tool, we recently used China as a trial case.  One way to look at the results we found is that for an economic powerhouse, China still has a lot of room for improvement.  Another way to look at it, however, is that as China improves its governmental processes and services, its businesses will become even more formidable competitors.