The Garment Industry in Low-Income Countries

1. Front Matter

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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 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

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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.

• 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

• Institute of Developing Economies, Japan

  Takahiro Fukunishi

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

  Tatsufumi Yamagata

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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