This book explores the means through which the garment industry contributes to industrialization, poverty reduction, empowerment of undereducated workers, in particular female laborers, and shared growth in contemporary low-income countries.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: T. Fukunishi
EAN: 9781137383174
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 5219 g
HEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-05-29
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GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy
WIDTH: 140 cm
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Book Themes:
Global South / Developing countries, Development economics and emerging economies, Manufacturing industries
Takahiro Fukunishi is an Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO). He received a PhD in economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK. He has recently edited, Delivering Sustainable Growth in Africa: African Farmers and Firms in a Changing World, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.Tatsufumi Yamagata is Secretary General and Professor at the Institute of Developing Economies Advanced School (IDEAS). He received his PhD in economics from the University of Rochester, USA. He is also a co-editor of Poverty Reduction and Beyond, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
