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Wallsten, Scott J. - 2003

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Textiles are Pakistan's most critical manufacturing sector, contributing nearly one‑fourth of the industrial value added and employing about 40 percent of the industrial labor force. It has the longest production chain and inherent potential for value addition at each processing stage, from...

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Vertical and Regional Integration to Promote African Textiles and Clothing Exports : A Close Knit Family?

World Bank - 2012

Apparel production is especially labor intensive, with low start-up investments and easily transferable technology. Furthermore, the labor requirements can be easily met with low and semi-skilled workers, especially women. As a result, many countries with competitive labor costs, especially in...

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Export led growth, pro-poor or not? : evidence from Madagascar's textile and apparel industry

Nicita, Alessandro - 2006

"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

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Who benefits and how much? : how gender affects welfare impacts of a booming textile industry

Nicita, Alessandro - 2003

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Tobacco Pack Information

World Bank - 2012

bad for you"- even in the US, where a great deal of information is easily available from multiple sources (USDHHS 1989 …). There is a clear need for effective ways to inform and alert smokers and provide information on how to reduce their tobacco …-related health risks. Strongly worded, specific, large label information on tobacco product packages provides important public health …

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Uganda : Does Information Matter?

World Bank - 2015

members and health staff were given report cards grading the quality of local clinics, including information about specific …

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Turkey : informatics and economic modernization

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Technology Skills and Internet Services in Korea : Moving Towards a Knowledge-based Economy

World Bank - 2013

knowledge at the firm-level; the intensification of the use of internet enabled services by firms; and, the educational …, development, and new product innovation. For each of these three themes (firm-level innovation, Internet enabled services, and …

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Broadband : The Platform of the Digital Economy and a Critical Development Challenge for Morocco

World Bank - 2016

Morocco strives to reach a similar per capita income level to that of upper-middle income countries, and to reduce unemployment, which particularly affects women and youth. To meet these goals, the government recognizes the need to shift from a low-technology economy with a strong agricultural...

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