Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 16,346
Cover Image
Upgrading and restructuring in the global apparel value chain: why China and Asia are outperforming Mexico and Central America
Frederick, Stacey; Gereffi, Gary - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 4 (2011) 1/2/3, pp. 67-95
consolidation and reconfiguration of global supply chains. China has been the big winner while other Asian suppliers are expanding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010669701
Cover Image
China'S Integration Into the World Economy; Implications for Developing Countries
Yang, Yongzheng - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
Although the rest of the world had waited a long time for China to open up, feelings were mixed when it actually did … (WTO), many of its trading partners are increasingly concerned that China’s competition in the world goods and capital … markets may adversely affect their own growth prospects. This paper examines the implications of China’s WTO accession for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605423
Cover Image
Rags or riches? Phasing-out the Multi-Fibre Arrangement
Heerden, Auret van; Berhouet, Prieto; Caspari, Cathrine - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2003
-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), highlighting the impact of trade policies in the European Union and the USA. Examines the issue of labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965739
Cover Image
The role of joint voluntary initiatives in the promotion and momentum of social dialogue in the textile, clothing and footwear industries
Faure, Stéphanie - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2001
Explores the development of joint voluntary initiatives and codes of conduct adopted in support of fundamental environmental and labour standards and shows how they provide new frameworks for the support of social dialogue. Provides case studies of several such initiatives and examines their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967286
Cover Image
Le rôle des initiatives volontaires concertées dans la promotion et la dynamique du dialogue social dans les industries du textile, de l'habillement et de la chaussure
Faure, Stéphanie - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2001
Explores the development of joint voluntary initiatives and codes of conduct adopted in support of fundamental environmental and labour standards and shows how they provide new frameworks for the support of social dialogue. Provides case studies of several such initiatives and examines their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084834
Cover Image
The Southeast's textile/apparel trade and the import threat
James C. Leonard, III - In: Economic Review (1986) Jan, pp. 16-19
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005361060
Cover Image
China's Growth and Integration into the World Economy; Prospects and Challenges
Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
that will need to be addressed for China to maintain sustained high growth and continued global integration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252521
Cover Image
Central America; Global Integration and Regional Cooperation
Rodlauer, Markus; Schipke, Alfred - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Central America has received growing attention as a region that is integrating successfully into the global economy. This paper examines—among other things—the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA-DR), noting that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252532
Cover Image
Why Does Fdi Go Where it Goes? New Evidence From the Transition Economies
Kinoshita, Yuko; Campos, Nauro F. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper examines the importance of agglomeration economies and institutions vis-a-vis initial conditions and factor endowments in explaining the locational choice of foreign investors. Using a unique panel data set for 25 transition economies between 1990 and 1998, we find that the main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263716
Cover Image
China's Changing Trade Elasticities
Aziz, Jahangir; Li, Xiangming - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
China's sectoral trade composition, product quality mix, and import content of processing exports have all changed … very wide. All this suggests greater caution in using historical data to simulate the response of the China's economy to … external shocks and exchange rate changes. Analyses based on models whose estimated coefficients largely reflect the China of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263876