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Economic integration, location of industries, and frontier regions : evidence from Cambodia

Kuroiwa, Ikuo; Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

We examine changes in the location of economic activity in Cambodia between 1998 and 2008 in terms of employment growth. During this period, Cambodia joined ASEAN and increased trade with neighboring countries. Drawing on the predictions of the new economic geography, we focus on frontier...

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Tariff reductions and labor demand elasticities : evidence from Chinese firm-level data

Sato, Hitoshi; Zhu, Lianming - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

International production fragmentation has been a global trend for decades, becoming especially important in Asia where the manufacturing process is fragmented into stages and dispersed around the region. This paper examines the effects of input and output tariff reductions on labor demand...

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Are special economic zones a curse on those "chosen" to be evicted? : evidence form West Bengal, India

Paul, Saumik; Sarma, Vengadeshvaran - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

compensation and lack of adequate property rights. There is also some evidence of lower labour market participation among those who …

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Political crisis and suspension of duty-free access in Madagascar : assessment of impacts on the garment industry

Fukunishi, Takahiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

The export-oriented garment industry in Madagascar has displayed robust growth, thus both contributing to the economy and creating formal employment opportunities. However, it experienced a critical situation after the political turmoil that occurred in 2009. Our investigation using the trade...

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Revisiting labour and gender issues in Export Processing Zones : the cases of South Korea, Bangladesh and India

Murayama, Mayumi; Nobuko, Yokota - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008

. This article re-evaluates the historical trajectories and outstanding labour and gender issues of EPZs on the basis of the …

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What motivates female operators to enter the garment industry in Pakistan in the post-MFA period?

Makino, Momoe - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

Pakistan's knitwear exports had been struggling since the quota phase-out until 2009. A particular feature of Pakistan's garment industry is that hiring more male sewing operators at piece rates. Recently, a few surviving knitwear factories have adopted a strategy of shifting from male...

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Toward an inclusive and a little bit ethical world trading system : listening to the voices of the people in LDCs

Sato, Kan Hiroshi; Sato, Hiroshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

least developed countries (LDCs). Since the inception of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations in 2001, the WTO and …. However, this is inadequate; for the proposed â€˜DDA-MDGs hybridâ€™, a super AfT is needed. The WTO, other development … collected in other LDCs, and the findings and leanings will be fed back to the WTO negotiation space. …

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Normative Influences of "Special and Differential Treatment" on North-South RTAs

Yanai, Akiko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009

countries, which are known as North-South RTAs. Under the current legal system of the WTO, North-South RTAs are governed by … incorporated into the GATT/WTO legal framework so as to permit the derogation of most-favored-nation (MFN) obligations. …

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Rethinking special and differential treatment in the WTO

Yanai, Akiko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

Special and differential treatment (S&D) allows differentiated treatment for developing countries within the WTO system … predecessor of the WTO) in the 1960s, S&D has played a significant role in promoting the integration of developing countries into …

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Adoption of ISO9001 through supply chain in Vietnam : impacts of FDI and product-related environmental regulation

Iguchi, Hakaru; Arimura, Toshi H.; Michida, Etsuyo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

Product-related Environmental Regulations on Chemicals (PRERCs) and FDI using the answers to several questions in our Vietnam … in the reduction of various environmental impacts in Vietnam. In addition, we found that FDI promotes the adoption of ISO … 9001. If FDI firms in Vietnam certify ISO 14001 after the adoption of ISO 9001, as in the case of Malaysia and the …

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