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result, Africa as a whole remains a net importer of textiles and clothing even though it is a net exporter of cotton. The … (until 2008) to protect their domestic textiles and clothing industries. These safeguards provide a brief opportunity for sub …-Saharan African producers to integrate their textiles and clothing industries both domestically and regionally. …
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In October 2008 the United States Congress enacted legislation that gave the Republic of Haiti expanded, flexible access to the U.S. market for its apparel exports. The Second Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement act of 2008 (HOPE II, updated from the original...
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Commitment to structural reforms and to economic stabilization has enabled high rates of gross domestic product (GDP) growth in Albania since the start of transition, and consequent reductions in poverty. The crisis caused by the collapse of 'pyramid' investment schemes in late 1996 and early...
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This report describes labor practices in the Lao garments export sector as seen by both management and labor. The main objective of this report is to present the differing perspectives on working conditions between managers and workers, and to explore ways in which the Lao garment sector could...
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,100 households in 135 rural communities of the Philippines, the paper shows that where transaction costs are reduced (proxied by road …
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Philippines in which communities competed for block grants for infrastructure investment. The analysis uses a unique data set of …
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