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Export Led Growth, Pro-Poor or Not? Evidence from Madagascar's Textile and Apparel Industry

Madagascar's textile and apparel industry has been among the fastest growing in Sub-Saharan Africa. Fueled by low labor costs, a fairly productive labor force, and preferential access to industrial countries, Madagascar's exports of textile and apparel products grew from about US$45 millio...

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Main Author: Nicita, Alessandro
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ABSOLUTE TERMS
ALTERNATIVE APPROACH
AVERAGE EARNING
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE WAGE
AVERAGE WAGES
COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
COMPARABILITY PROBLEMS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
CONSTRUCTION
COST OF LIVING
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
EARNING
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECONOMIC STUDIES
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT EFFECT
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS
ESTIMATED PROBABILITIES
ESTIMATION RESULTS
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORT LED GROWTH
EXPORTS
FINDING EMPLOYMENT
FIRM LEVEL
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HIGH EMPLOYMENT
HIGH GROWTH
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
INCREASING RETURNS
INDUSTRY WAGE
INFORMAL SECTOR
JOB CREATION
LABOR COSTS
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOW INCOME
LOW INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK
MACROECONOMIC MODELS
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MARGINAL UTILITY
MARKET WAGES
MIDDLE EASTERN
MONOPSONY
MONOPSONY POWER
NET EXPORTS
POLICY ISSUES
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR INDIVIDUALS
POOR PEOPLE
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRO POOR
REAL WAGE
REAL WAGES
RURAL AREAS
SERVICE SECTOR
SKILLED LABOR
SKILLED WORKERS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
TEMPORARY WORKERS
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICIES
UNEMPLOYED
UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION
UNSKILLED JOBS
UNSKILLED LABOR
UNSKILLED MEN
UNSKILLED WORKERS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POOR
URBAN POVERTY
UTILITY FUNCTION
WAGE DIFFERENTIAL
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE GROWTH
WAGE PREMIUM
WAGE PREMIUMS
WELFARE IMPACT
WORKER
WORLD ECONOMY
WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6567895/export-led-growth-pro-poor-or-not-evidence-madagascars-textile-apparel-industry
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8788

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6567895/export-led-growth-pro-poor-or-not-evidence-madagascars-textile-apparel-industry
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8788

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