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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458652503321

Autore

Staritz Cornelia

Titolo

Making the cut? [[electronic resource] ] : low-income countries and the global clothing value chain in a post-quota and post-crisis world / / Cornelia Staritz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2011

ISBN

1-282-96656-1

9786612966569

0-8213-8642-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (435 p.)

Collana

World Bank study

Disciplina

338.8/87870091724

Soggetti

Clothing trade - Developing countries

Exports - Developing countries

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Global Clothing Value Chain: Global Buyers, the MFA Phaseout, and the Global Economic Crisis; Chapter 3: Clothing Exports in Low-Income Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Footloose to Regional Integration?; Chapter 4: Cambodia's Clothing Exports: From Assembly to Full-Package Supplier?; Chapter 5: Bangladesh's Clothing Exports: From Lowest Cost to Broader Capabilities?; Chapter 6: Conclusions: How to Compete in the Post-Quota and Post-Crisis World?

References Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

The clothing sector has traditionally been a gateway to export diversification and industrial development for low-income countries (LICs) due to its low fix costs, relatively simple technology, and labor-intensive nature. It has served to absorb large numbers of unskilled, and mostly female, workers and build capital and know-how for more technologically advanced activities within and across sectors. But the environment for global clothing trade has changed significantly which



may condition the role the sector can play in promoting export diversification and industrial development in LICs toda