Garment Industry in South Asia, Rags Or Riches?
Author: Gopal Joshi
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 266
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Covers the period from 1980s to end of 1990s.
Author: Gopal Joshi
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Covers the period from 1980s to end of 1990s.
Author: S. Khan
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009-06-08
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 0230622127
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book uses an analysis of the garment industry in South Asia to uphold the predictions of neo-classical economic trade theory, but suggest that there is little to learn from it about business, structural, and institutional practices or critical linkages and partnerships.
Author: Markus Maurer
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9783631600207
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the face of accelerated economic globalisation, many of the industries in economically less developed countries have become more technology-intensive. Skill formation processes, both inside and outside firms, are therefore changing. This study scrutinises such transformations by comparing - from the perspective of historical institutionalism - the skill formation regimes of the garment industries in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It sheds light on the differences between the trajectories of the in-firm skill formation regimes of the two countries, and reveals the important part that varying paths of educational development in both countries have played in shaping these trajectories. At the same time, the study shows how, in both countries, state-led skill formation regimes have been transformed not only by market forces and the growing importance of corporate business interests, but also by the social demand for educational credentials.
Author: Vicki Crinis
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-11-25
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 1317297660
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The clothing industry provides employment for 60 million workers worldwide. More than a quarter of these workers are employed in the Asia-Pacific region, where the industry is based on subcontracted production on behalf of international buyers. Rapid movements of manufacturing activity from country to country in search of cost advantages make clothing workers part of a globalizing labour market where they increasingly suffer from job insecurity. This book presents carefully researched case studies which highlight the ways in which labour is informalized, fragmented and made disposable by the globalization of production. Chapters address issues pertaining to rights and citizenship, and new forms of activism and organization in conjunction and coordination with diverse support groups, consumers, and wider global campaigns. Contributors further examine the role of the nation state, government regulatory bodies, as well as independent monitoring systems such as the International Labour Organization. Although there has been considerable effort directed to understanding how firms operate across multiple countries – in studies of the organization of global production networks, and the implications for complexities of scale, (de)territorialization and state development projects – there has been far less focus on how these processes produce precarious labour and reshape worker consciousness. Offering new insights into the understanding and support of workers in the global textile and garment industry, this book will be of interest to academics in a variety of disciplines including Asian Studies, sociology, political economy, development, human rights, labour and gender.
Author: James Heitzman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008-03-31
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 1134289634
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With case studies in each chapter focusing on specific cities, and including maps and photographs, this book is a comprehensive survey of urbanization in South Asia during the last 5000 years.
Author: Faisal Kabir
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2012-05-26
Total Pages: 117
ISBN-13: 1105803953
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An overview of SME in RMG industry of South Asia to develop strategic awareness. Bangladesh has been an example of rapid success in RMG business. Mainly SME operation in various level of supply chain of RMG is the area of focus. Operation excellence is the foundation of RMG industry in Bangladesh. Marketing initiative and strategies should be streamlined along with low cost and labour advantages.Integration of operation and marketing would be providing sustainable value chain process. It is important to realize whatever customer is willing to pay is the value they want to buy. Sustainable business process mush be capable of generating value for different customers.Strategic implication in establishing sustainability in RMG industry requires to bring operational excellence and marketing strategy together to get the best out of competitive advantage of RMG industry in Bangladesh.
Author: Huma Ahmed-Ghosh
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2015-09-11
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 1438457766
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presents multifaceted aspects of Asian Muslim women’s lives and agencies. This book resists the homogenization of Muslim women by detailing the diversity in their lives and by challenging the dominant paradigm of Arabized Islam as the sole interpreter of the faith. Though much has been written on the Middle East, there is a huge gap in research on Asia, which has two-thirds of the world’s Muslim population. These essays reveal that the lives of Muslim women are impacted not only by Islam but also by local politics, class, religion, and ethnicity. Through ethnographic research and other methodologies, the contributors describe how economic globalization, construction of sexualities, and diasporic expectations shape women’s lives. The book focuses on women’s negotiations and resistances to global, national, and local patriarchies in an attempt to empower themselves. Huma Ahmed-Ghosh is Professor of Women’s Studies at San Diego State University and the editor of Contesting Feminisms: Gender and Islam in Asia, also published by SUNY Press.
Author: Sanchita Banerjee Saxena
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-06-27
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 0429771754
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book argues that larger flaws in the global supply chain must first be addressed to change the way business is conducted to prevent factory owners from taking deadly risks to meet clients’ demands in the garment industry in Bangladesh. Using the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster as a departure point, and to prevent such tragedies from occurring in the future, this book presents an interdisciplinary analysis to address the disaster which resulted in a radical change in the functioning of the garment industry. The chapters present innovative ways of thinking about solutions that go beyond third-party monitoring. They open up possibilities for a renewed engagement of international brands and buyers within the garment sector, a focus on direct worker empowerment using technology, the role of community-based movements, developing a model of change through enforceable contracts combined with workers movements, and a more productive and influential role for both factory owners and the government. This book makes key interventions and rethinks the approaches that have been taken until now and proposes suggestions for the way forward. It engages with international brands, the private sector, and civil society to strategize about the future of the industry and for those who depend on it for their livelihood. A much-needed review and evaluation of the many initiatives that have been set up in Bangladesh in the wake of Rana Plaza, this book is a valuable addition to academics in the fields of development studies, gender and women’s studies, human rights, poverty and practice, political science, economics, sociology, anthropology, and South Asian studies.
Author: Milan Sharma
Publisher: APH Publishing
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9788176489584
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This Book Analyses The Dynamics Of India`S And Pakistan`S T & C Exports To The European Union, Maintains That The Two Countries Export Potential To The Eu Is Not Fully Tapped, And Identifies The Product In Which Potential Exists For Future Growth.
Author: H. Sato
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008-07-24
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 0230227759
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →There are numerous labour and employment issues facing South Asia in this era of growth. With critical examination of ongoing labour reforms, and using extensive field surveys, this book will be of interest to all seeking an analysis of labour economics, labour laws, economic growth and globalization in South Asia.