Globalization and poverty: Impacts on households of employment and restructuring in the textiles industry of Vietnam

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 345-366

  Thoburn, John ^a   Sutherland, Kirsten ^a   Hoa, Nguyen Thi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Social Sciences   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Asia; Globalization; Poverty; Textiles; Value chains; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPLOYMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; POVERTY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 34547136456     PISSN: 13547860     EISSN: 14699648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547860701405904     Document Type: Article

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