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Who pays?: how British supermarkets are keeping women workers in poverty
ActionAid International, 2007This report discusses the supply chains that link UK supermarkets to producers in developing countries. The report argues that the structure of the supermarket supply chains has changed in recent years in ways that allow supermarkets to “cherry pick” suppliers from developing economies.DocumentThe impact on India of trade liberalisation in the textiles and clothing sector
International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2005This paper analyses the impact of the elimination of textile and clothing (T&C) quotas in 2005 on India. It finds that while Indian exports of T&C will continue to expand in the presence of the safeguards on China, they will be affected adversely once these safeguards are lifted.DocumentLooming crisis: the threat of industrial trade liberalisation negotiations at the WTO on India's textile and leather industries
ActionAid International, 2005This briefing paper argues that these WTO negotiations on non-agricultural market access (NAMA) could threaten the jobs of thousands of workers in infant industries and traditional sectors of employment in developing countries, wiping out livelihoods for many poor and vulnerable communities.With a particular focus on India the brief finds that:while trade liberalisation policies in IndiDocumentA stitch in time: helping vulnerable countries meet the challenges of apparel quota elimination
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2005Following the elimination of export quotas textiles and apparel industries and the anticipated rise of other larger industrialised developing countries like China at the expense of smaller, less industrialised developing countries, the paper explores policy responses that could mitigate the negative effect of the quota elimination on less industrialised developing countries.The paper points outDocumentCost and productivity in Indian textiles: post MFA implications
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2004With the Multi Fibre Agreement (MFA) expiring on 1st of January 2005, competition in the textile and clothing industry is likely to increase.