The Garment Industry in Low-Income Countries

An Entry Point of Industrialization

  • Takahiro Fukunishi
  • Tatsufumi Yamagata
Book

Part of the IDE-JETRO Series book series (IDE)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xv
    PDF
  2. Introduction: The Dynamism of the Garment Industry in Low-income Countries
    Takahiro Fukunishi, Tatsufumi Yamagata
    Pages 1-37
  3. Cambodia: Growth with Better Working Conditions
    Yoko Asuyama, Seiha Neou
    Pages 38-76
  4. Bangladesh: Market Force Supersedes Control
    Mohammad Yunus, Tatsufumi Yamagata
    Pages 77-104
  5. Vietnam: Upgrading from the Export to the Domestic Market
    Kenta Goto
    Pages 105-131
  6. Pakistan: Challenges for Women’s Labor Force Participation
    Momoe Makino
    Pages 132-176
  7. Myanmar: Promised Growth with Restored Market Access?
    Toshihiro Kudo
    Pages 177-212
  8. Madagascar: Unyielding Growth amid the Political Turmoil
    Takahiro Fukunishi, Herinjatovo Aimé Ramiarison
    Pages 213-242
  9. Kenya: Stagnation in the Liberalized Markets
    Takahiro Fukunishi
    Pages 243-282
  10. Cross-country Comparison of Firm Performance: Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Madagascar
    Takahiro Fukunishi
    Pages 283-307
  11. Back Matter
    Pages 308-316
    PDF

About this book

Introduction

This book explores the means through which the garment industry contributes to industrialization, poverty reduction, empowerment of undereducated workers, in particular female laborers, and shared growth in contemporary low-income countries.

Keywords

Apparel industry textile industry industrialization low-income countries international trade foreign direct investment firm dynamics productivity female worker trade liberalization access empowerment growth income industry Microsoft Access participation performance poverty reduction women

Editors and affiliations

  • Takahiro Fukunishi
    • 1
  • Tatsufumi Yamagata
    • 2
  1. 1.Institute of Developing EconomiesJapan
  2. 2.Institute of Developing Economies Advanced SchoolJapan External Trade OrganizationJapan

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137383181
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-48042-5
  • Online ISBN 978-1-137-38318-1
  • About this book