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The Case of Readymade Garments in South Asia

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  1. Shahrukh Rafi Khan
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  2. Diva Dhar
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  3. Mariam Navaid
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  4. Manisha Pradhananga
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  5. Farah Siddique
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  6. Ashima Singh
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  7. Siyumii Yanthrawaduge
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Concepts and Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Research Question, Conceptual Framework, and Background

      • Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Diva Dhar, Mariam Navaid, Manisha Pradhananga, Farah Siddique, Ashima Singh et al.
      Pages 3-24

    3. The Textile and Readymade Garment Industry in South Asia: A Brief History and Reemergence

      • Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Diva Dhar, Mariam Navaid, Manisha Pradhananga, Farah Siddique, Ashima Singh et al.
      Pages 25-40

  3. Country Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. The Readymade Garment Sector in Bangladesh

      • Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Diva Dhar, Mariam Navaid, Manisha Pradhananga, Farah Siddique, Ashima Singh et al.
      Pages 43-56

    3. The Readymade Garment Sector in India

      • Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Diva Dhar, Mariam Navaid, Manisha Pradhananga, Farah Siddique, Ashima Singh et al.
      Pages 57-82

    4. The Readymade Garment Sector in Nepal

      • Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Diva Dhar, Mariam Navaid, Manisha Pradhananga, Farah Siddique, Ashima Singh et al.
      Pages 83-97

    5. The Readymade Garment Sector in Pakistan

      • Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Diva Dhar, Mariam Navaid, Manisha Pradhananga, Farah Siddique, Ashima Singh et al.
      Pages 99-118

    6. The Readymade Garments Sector in Sri Lanka

      • Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Diva Dhar, Mariam Navaid, Manisha Pradhananga, Farah Siddique, Ashima Singh et al.
      Pages 119-133

  4. Synthesis of Exporter Findings and Importer Survey

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Synthesis and Conclusion

      • Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Diva Dhar, Mariam Navaid, Manisha Pradhananga, Farah Siddique, Ashima Singh et al.
      Pages 137-144

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 145-191
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About this book

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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"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.

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