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This book uses an analysis of the garment industry in South Asia to uphold the predictions of neo-classical economic trade theory, but suggest that there is little to learn from it about business, structural, and institutional practices or critical linkages and partnerships.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Concepts and Background
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Synthesis of Exporter Findings and Importer Survey
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Back Matter
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"Moving beyond the theoretical grandstanding that has characterized the study of industrial development for years, this book provides a detailed and unbiased picture of how industries really develop, using the case of the textiles and ready-made garment industry in South Asia. It is historically well-informed, empirically well-grounded, and theoretically intelligent, especially given that the country studies have all been done by undergraduate students. It is highly recommended." - Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge, author of Kicking Away the Ladder and Bad Samaritans
"This book looks at first glance to be a narrow study of the ready-made garment industry in several South Asian countries. Do not be decieved. The empirics illuminate some of the biggest issues of world development - including how countries come to specialize (not just what they specialize in), how different types of industrial policies actually work to change investment patterns, and even, what are the chances of rapid industrial upgrading by firms and economies at the lower ends of global value chains." - Robert Wade, Professor of Political Economy, London School of Economics, and Winner of Leontief Prize in Economics, 2008
About the authors
SHAHRUKH RAFI KHAN is currently a visiting professor of economics at Mount Holyoke College, USA. He has formerly taught at the University of Utah and Vassar College.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Export Success and Industrial Linkages
Book Subtitle: The Case of Readymade Garments in South Asia
Authors: Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Diva Dhar, Mariam Navaid, Manisha Pradhananga, Farah Siddique, Ashima Singh, Siyumii Yanthrawaduge
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230622128
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Shahrukh Rafi Khan 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-60850-4Published: 14 July 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-37551-6Published: 14 July 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-62212-8Published: 08 June 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 191
Topics: Asian Politics, International Relations, Political Science, International Political Economy