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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

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

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