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  • The competitive factors of the Bangladeshi garment industry in the post-MFA era

    Author(s)
    Alam, Md. Samsul
    Natsuda, Kaoru
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Alam, Md. Samsul
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    In recent years, Bangladesh has become the second-largest garment-exporting country in the world. This article examines the competitive factors of the Bangladeshi garment industry based on a survey of 70 firms in 2012. Although this industry has many impediments, three factors have significantly contributed to the increased export competitiveness of the industry: labour costs, technological developments and the country’s market access policy. This study also reveals that, while the Bangladeshi garment industry has successfully achieved industrial (functional) upgrading, it faces great challenges in the social upgrading of ...
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    In recent years, Bangladesh has become the second-largest garment-exporting country in the world. This article examines the competitive factors of the Bangladeshi garment industry based on a survey of 70 firms in 2012. Although this industry has many impediments, three factors have significantly contributed to the increased export competitiveness of the industry: labour costs, technological developments and the country’s market access policy. This study also reveals that, while the Bangladeshi garment industry has successfully achieved industrial (functional) upgrading, it faces great challenges in the social upgrading of the industry.
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    Journal Title
    Canadian Journal of Development Studies
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2016.1157457
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    This publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
    Subject
    Applied Economics not elsewhere classified
    Applied Economics
    Political Science
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/123771
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