The Global Apparel Value Chain, Trade and the Crisis : Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Countries

This paper examines the impact of two crises on the global apparel value chain: the World Trade Organization phase-out of the quota system for textiles and apparel in 2005, which provided access for many poor and small export-oriented economies to...

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Main Authors:	Gereffi, Gary, Frederick, Stacey
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES AGRICULTURE APPAREL APPAREL EXPORT APPAREL EXPORTS APPAREL INDUSTRIES APPAREL INDUSTRY APPAREL MANUFACTURING APPAREL MARKET APPAREL PRODUCERS APPAREL PRODUCTS APPAREL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE BRAND BRAND NAME BRAND NAMES BRANDS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUYING POWER COMMERCE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE PRESSURES COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS COST ANALYSIS COUNTRY MARKETS CRISES CURRENCY CURRENCY APPRECIATION DEBT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISPLACED WORKERS DIVISION OF LABOR DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMERGING MARKETS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT INDUSTRIES EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORT SHARES EXPORT VALUE EXPORT VOLUMES EXPORTERS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINISHED PRODUCT FINISHED PRODUCTS FIXED COSTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTORS FREE TRADE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES GEOGRAPHIC MARKETS GLOBAL EXPORTS GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL TRADE HUMAN CAPITAL IMPORT DUTY IMPORT PENETRATION IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS INCOME INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES INDUSTRIALIZATION INFLATION INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORY ITC LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR LAWS LABOR ORGANIZATION LABORERS LAYOFFS LIQUIDITY MARKET POWER MARKET RESEARCH MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MARKETING MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE EXPORTS MERCHANTS MERGERS NATIONAL MODELS NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT OPENNESS PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MARGINS PROTECTIONISM PURCHASING PURCHASING POWER QUOTAS REBATE REBATES RECESSION REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS RETAIL RETAILING SAFETY SALE SALES SHARE OF WORLD EXPORTS SKILLED WORKERS SPECIALIZATION SPREAD SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SUPPLIER SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAINS TAX INCENTIVES TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE PACTS TRADE POLICY TRADE RESTRICTIONS TRANSACTIONS COSTS TURNOVER UNEMPLOYMENT VALUATION WAGES WAREHOUSE WHOLESALE PRICE WHOLESALERS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
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The Global Apparel Value Chain, Trade and the Crisis : Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Countries

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