An inquiry into the rapid growth of the garment industry in Bangladesh

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-89

  Mottaleb, Khondoker Abdul ^a   Sonobe, Tetsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXPORT; FIRM SIZE; GARMENT INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MANUFACTURING;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 80053013323     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661218     Document Type: Article

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