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Liberalising Trade in Textiles and Clothing: A Survey of Quantitative Studies
Walkenhorst, Peter - EconWPA - 2004
textiles and clothing production and trade as the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) is implemented. There is pressure … for a large-scale reallocation of resources, with production of textiles and clothing expanding in Asian and other … developing countries. In parallel, textiles and clothing production in industrialised countries is expected to contract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408060
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Taux de Change et Potentiel d'Exportation au Maroc
ACHY, Lahcen - EconWPA - 2005
L’objet de ce papier est de tenter de se prononcer sur la «part de responsabilité» de la variabilité du taux de change du DH dans la régression des exportations marocaines du secteur des industries de Textile-Habillement et Cuir.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556408
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Review of TCF Assistance
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004
The Commission was asked to evaluate current assistance arrangements to the TCF industries and provide policy options for post 2005 assistance and to report on a range of related matters that will affect the sector's long-term viability. The inquiry will also look at relevant workplace issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005135095
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Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003
EconWPA; Steering Committeee for the Review of … - 2004
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003 highlights the marked disparities between Indigenous and other Australians. While not the first report to assemble data on the social or economic status of Indigenous people, it is distinguished by the strategic framework within which the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118929
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Removing Tariffs on Goods Originating from Least Developed Countries
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2003
This paper was one input to the Australian Government’s decision to remove tariffs on imports from the least developed countries. The Commission’s analysis suggests that removing tariffs on imports from these countries could significantly boost imports from these countries, particularly of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119295
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Competitive Dynamics of Southern California's Clothing Industry
Scott, Allen J. - EconWPA - 2005
A general outline of the functional and spatial characteristics of the clothing industry in Southern California is sketched out. Two important trends are noted: (a) the increasing design- and knowledge-intensive structure of the industry and (b) the marked increase in offshore subcontracting by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119036
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Will Industrial Districts Exploit B2B? A local experience and a general assessment.
Fioretti, Guido - EconWPA - 2005
What are the prospects of B2B electronic commerce when production is carried out by a number of small firms specialized in single production phases? Prato, Italy, is home to thousands of textile firms as well as the locus of an early and innovative experience of a local Internet in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556189
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Environmental and Natural Resource Degradation in Intensive Agriculture in Bangladesh
Pagiola, Stefano - EconWPA - 2004
in Bangladesh have tended to mask evidence of declining productivity. Although data are weak, numerous sources of …-term trials by the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) also indicate that intensive rice cultivation can result in declining … Research Institute (IRRI). There is considerable debate over the exact causes of declining productivity. In Bangladesh, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556178
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Maintaining Momentum to 2015? An impact evaluation of interventions to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in Bangladesh
White, Howard; Masset, Edoardo; Blondal, Nina; … - EconWPA - 2005
Bangladesh has experienced rapid fertility decline and reductions in under-five mortality over the last three decades … Bank and other agencies. By contrast, nutrition began to improve only in the 1990s and remains high. The Bangladesh …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407646
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Returns to education in Bangladesh
Asadullah, M Niaz - EconWPA - 2005
This paper reports labour market returns to education in Bangladesh using data from recent nationwide household survey …
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