Can Garment Exports from Cambodia, Laos and Burma be Sustained

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3985683
AutoresRajah Rasiah (0000-0002-6654-3011, University of Malaya, autor correspondente)
Ano2009
Volume39
Fascículo4
Páginas619-637
Data de publicação2009-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00472330903076917
OpenAlexW2013854143
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas12

This paper examines institutional and firm-level technological capabilities to assess the capacity of Cambodia, Laos and Burma to sustain garment exports over the long term. Although the preferential access enjoyed by products from these countries in the developed markets has helped attract strong foreign direct investment inflows that have supported rapid growth in employment and exports, the empirical evidence shows that institutional support needs to be upgraded if garment exports from the three countries are to be sustained. Burma and Laos show the least potential to benefit among the three countries from this opportunity, with the former experiencing severe political instability and trade sanctions by the USA and the latter landlocked and endowed with a small labour force. The paper argues that unless the institutional and firm-level technological capabilities are developed further, all three countries will find it difficult to retain a significant presence of garment firms once the trade pr

Development economics · Economics · Economy · Geography · Political science · Global trade and economics · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Labor Movements and Unions