Holdings: Who Benefits and How Much? How Gender Affects Welfare Impacts of a Booming Textile Industry

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Who Benefits and How Much? How Gender Affects Welfare Impacts of a Booming Textile Industry

Exports of textile products originating from Sub-Saharan African countries have grown dramatically in the past decade. Recent trade initiatives, such as the "African Growth Opportunity Act" and "Everything but Arms," along with...

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Main Authors:	Nicita, Alessandro, Razzaz, Susan
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING CLIMATE COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSTRUCTION COST OF LIVING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION DIVISION OF LABOR ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC SECTORS EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXCHANGE RATE EXERCISES EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES IMPORTS INCOME INFLATION INFORMAL SECTOR INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR SUPPLY LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS MIGRATION NEW ENTRANTS PENSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY LINE PRODUCTIVITY PURCHASING POWER QUOTAS REAL WAGES TEXTILE INDUSTRY TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WORKERS TEXTILE INDUSTRY WELFARE EXPORTS GENDER EQUALITY METHODOLOGY POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS INCOME LEVELS EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2329623/benefits-much-gender-affects-welfare-impacts-booming-textile-industry http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18227

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2329623/benefits-much-gender-affects-welfare-impacts-booming-textile-industry
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18227