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Apparel in South Asia

Apparel is the largest labor-intensive manufacturing industry in South Asia, and is a major employer of women. Although South Asia’s apparel sector benefits from many of the same favorable conditions as East Asia’s, performance in South Asian appar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys, Robertson, Raymond
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
export competitiveness
apparel sector
employment
trade policy
textile imports
trade logistics
SME
microenterprises
female labor force participation
global value chains
import tariffs
environmental standards
labor standards
working conditions
labor unrest
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26845357/extended-version-industry-case-study-done-south-asia’s-turn-policies-boost-competitiveness-create-next-export-powerhouse
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25117

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