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The Garment Industry in Low-Income Countries

An Entry Point of Industrialization

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Editors:
  1. Takahiro Fukunishi

    1. Institute of Developing Economies, Japan

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  2. Tatsufumi Yamagata

    1. Institute of Developing Economies Advanced School, Japan External Trade Organization, Japan

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

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  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 AimĂ© 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
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Developing Economies, Japan

    Takahiro Fukunishi

  • Institute of Developing Economies Advanced School, Japan External Trade Organization, Japan

    Tatsufumi Yamagata

About the editors

Takahiro Fukunishi is an Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO). He received a PhD in economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK. He has recently edited, Delivering Sustainable Growth in Africa: African Farmers and Firms in a Changing World, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Tatsufumi Yamagata is Secretary General and Professor at the Institute of Developing Economies Advanced School (IDEAS). He received his PhD in economics from the University of Rochester, USA. He is also a co-editor of Poverty Reduction and Beyond, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

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