Challenges to Vietnamese firms in the world garment and textile value chain, and the implications for alleviating poverty

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-267

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

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (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 Coord Centre for Poverty Reduction ^*  (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Exports; Garments; Poverty; Textiles; Value chains; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

GARMENT INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 1542419981     PISSN: 13547860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354786042000207362     Document Type: Article

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