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Abstract:
"The United States imposed trade sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar in
July 2003. The import ban damaged the garment industry in particular. This industry
exported nearly half of its products to the United States, and more than eighty percent of
United States imports from Myanmar had been clothes. The garment industry was
probably the main target of the sanctions. Nevertheless, the impact on the garment
industry and its workers has not been accurately evaluated or closely examined. The
purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of the sanctions and to further
understand the present situation. This is done using several sources of information,
including the author?s field and questionnaire surveys. This paper also describes the
process of selection and polarization underway in the garment industry, an industry that
now has more severe competition fueled by the sanctions. Through such a process, the
impact was inflicted disproportionately on small and medium-sized domestic firms and
their workers."
Source/publisher:
Institute of Developing Economies, Discussion Paper No. 42
Date of Publication:
2005-12-00
Date of entry:
2006-07-16
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Language:
English