The African growth and opportunity act and the global commodity chain for clothing

World Development

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1809-1827

  Gibbon, Peter ^a  

^a Institute for International Studies   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Africa; Clothing; Commodity chains; Mauritius; South Africa; Trade agreements

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; COMMODITY MARKET; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

EID: 0142199281     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.06.002     Document Type: Article

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