upgrading has been in four selected manufacturing GVCs: apparel, wood furniture, automotive, and mobile phones. We also …

-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) quotas contributed to a boom in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) apparel … this FDI raised significant hopes of developing a locally-embedded SSA apparel export industry. The paper explores the … apparel exporter countries - Kenya, Lesotho, and Swaziland. We find that despite significant investments to attract FDI …

. We examine labor market outcomes in Mexico's apparel and textile sectors associated with U.S. apparel and textile imports … from China are associated with a reduction of employment in Mexico's textile and apparel sectors. These effects are the …

India has a large positive trade balance in the apparel sector and is ranked among the top 10 apparel exporting … the United States and the European Union from other developing countries such as China, Vietnam and Bangladesh. Apparel … presents India's trade in apparel products by sub-sectors and key markets, and analyses its trade competitiveness across …

women's wages in the apparel sector in developing countries. Using household and labour force surveys from Cambodia and Sri … premiums and a widening wage gap after the end of the MFA. Our results suggest that apparel exports continued to benefit women …

just in the apparel sector. In relatively small Bangladesh, the national labor market seems to be more integrated compared …

social upgrading in the Tanzanian textile and apparel sectors, with a particular focus on how outcomes vary across value …

study the case of Bangladesh. Bangladesh was the 4th largest apparel supplier to the United States market in 2020. Recent … studies show the positive impact of apparel exports on female labor force participation in the formal labor market and a range … of household decisions. We extend this literature by estimating the relationship between apparel exports and the male …

apparel and agro-processing global value chains (GVCs) for primarily low-income developing countries. It explores the …