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Making the cut? : low-income countries and the global clothing value chain in a post-quota and post-crisis world /
The clothing sector has traditionally been a gateway to export diversification and industrial development for low-income countries (LICs) due to its low fix costs, relatively simple technology, and labor-intensive nature. It has served to absorb large numbers of unskilled, and mostly female, workers...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
©2011.
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| Colección: | World Bank e-Library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The clothing sector has traditionally been a gateway to export diversification and industrial development for low-income countries (LICs) due to its low fix costs, relatively simple technology, and labor-intensive nature. It has served to absorb large numbers of unskilled, and mostly female, workers and build capital and know-how for more technologically advanced activities within and across sectors. But the environment for global clothing trade has changed significantly which may condition the role the sector can play in promoting export diversification and industrial development in LICs toda. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 177 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0821386425 9780821386422 1282966561 9781282966567 9786612966569 6612966564 |