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growth of the low value added industries, such as garments, the developing countries should develop basic infrastructure and …
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growth of the low value added industries, such as garments, the developing countries should develop basic infrastructure and …
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made in this paper to ascertain the importance of infrastructure and business environment in explaining the heterogeneous … the availability of cheap labor, the availability of basic infrastructure, and a business friendly environment … invest on infrastructure, and to develop a business friendly environment in developing countries to strongly link the growth …
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FDI in the garment sector has been the single case of large-scale manufacturing investment in African low-income countries since the 1990s. While FDI has triggered the development of local industries in many developing countries, it has not yet been realized in Africa. This paper describes the...
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The paper uses the global value chain framework to explain the transformations in production, trade and corporate strategies that altered the apparel industry over the past decades and changed the conditions for innovation and learning in the industry. The apparel industry is identified as a...
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Current efforts to explain the implications of China’s growing economic attractiveness for development in other regions provide a framework that distinguishes between complimentary and competitive impact. From the perspective of competitive impact analysis its direct trade related...
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, silver to conduct trade with, first the Levant, and then with the rest of Asia meant a serious drainage of wealth from …
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, silver to conduct trade with, first the Levant, and then with the rest of Asia meant a serious drainage of wealth from …
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The economic development of small islands may follow different pathways, according to the particular combination of growth mechanisms. A comparative study of long term growth in Mauritius and Reunion, two islands with strong historical, sociological and cultural links, shows that they are...
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