The Promise and Peril of Post-MFA Apparel Production

Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys ; Robertson, Raymond

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AGRICULTURE;    APPAREL;    APPAREL EXPORTS;    APPAREL INDUSTRY;    APPAREL SECTOR;   

RP-ID  :  69899

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

For anyone concerned about the effectsof globalization on poverty in developing countries, theapparel sector in general and the end of the Multi-FibreArrangement (MFA) and the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing(ATC) in particular are key areas of interest. As animportant first step toward industrialization, the apparelsector continues to provide an alternative for workers inlow-wage agriculture or service jobs (especiallyless-skilled workers and women), even after othermanufacturing sectors are established. By providing formallabor experience, these jobs hold the promise of lifelongparticipation in the labor market, which in the long termcan help workers move out of poverty. Therefore,understanding how employment, wage premiums, and thestructure of the apparel industry have changed after the endof the MFA and ATC is important to appreciate the effects ofthis significant policy change on poverty.