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Stitches to riches? : apparel employment, trade, and economic development in South Asia (English)

South Asia must create good-quality jobs for a rapidly expanding young population and bring more women into the labor force. The apparel sector in South Asia is labor intensive, employs more women on average than other manufacturing sectors, and provides jobs that allow for the acquisition of skills. Apparel already constitutes approximately 40 percent of manufacturing employment. And, given that much of apparel production continues to be labor intensive...
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Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C.; Robertson,Raymond.

Stitches to riches? : apparel employment, trade, and economic development in South Asia (English). Directions in development|poverty Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/299231467988907350

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