Vietnam in the global garment and textile value chain: Impacts on firms and workers

Journal of International Development

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 111-123

  Nadvi, Khalid ^a   Thoburn, John T ^b   Thang, Bui Tat ^c   Ha, Nguyen Thi Thanh ^c   Hoa, Nguyen Thi ^d   Le, Dao Hong ^e   Blanco De Armas, Enrique ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Economics and Finance   (Viet Nam)

^d Institute of Social Sciences   (Viet Nam)

^e Co ordination Ctr Poverty Reduction ^*  (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GARMENT INDUSTRY; GLOBALIZATION; LABOR MARKET; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 0942302025     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1066     Document Type: Article

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