sectoral studies series T H E G L O B A L A P PA R E L VA L U E C H A I N : What Prospects for Upgrading by Developing Countries UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION economy environment employment sectoral studies series THE GLOBAL APPAREL VALUE CHAIN: What Prospects for Upgrading by Developing Countries Gary Gereffi Department of Sociology‚ Duke University Durham‚ USA and Olga Memedovic UNIDO‚ Strategic Research and Economics Branch UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
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institutions of the Mediterranean‚ the people of mainland and insular Southeast Asia were responding to the stimulus of a civilization that had arisen in India during the previous millennium. The Indianization of Southeast Asia happened as a consequence of the increasing trade in the Indian Ocean. Vedic and Hindu religion‚ political thought‚ literature‚ mythology‚ and artistic motifs gradually became integral elements in local Southeast Asian cultures. The caste system was never adopted‚ but Indianization
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To what extent has the East Asian economic miracle relaxed tensions between the regional powers? During 1960 to 1990‚ East Asia experienced a huge transformation in its economic development which is now widely referred to as the East Asian economic miracle. This was largely a result of the growth of eight economies known as the high-performing Asian economies‚ hereinafter HPAEs. These comprised Japan‚ Hong Kong‚ the Republic of Korea‚ Singapore and Taiwan‚ and the three newly industrialised economies
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focus on the East Asia and Pacific regions as an economic framework for expanding ties and promoting economic growth. With the new expanded strategic vision – “Look East” policy 2‚ India has broadened the definition of its security interest in its strategic economic endeavors. It is generally seen that India’s partnership with ASEAN have had an impact on India’s economic‚ political‚ and security related involvement ‘in these larger‚ concentric coalitions around ASEAN…in East Asia and in the Asian
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a political and economic organisation of ten countries located in Southeast Asia‚ which was formed on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ the Philippines‚ Singapore and Thailand. Since then‚ membership has expanded to include Brunei‚ Cambodia‚ Laos‚ Myanmar and Vietnam. This popular organization in Asia benefits a lot to the countries. ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) is an agreement by the member nations of ASEAN concerning local manufacturing
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constructions in India and Southeast Asia. Which of these three ideologies do you think was most effective for colonized peoples and why? I. Nationalism was most effective for the colonized peoples of India and South East Asia a. Both socialism and Nationalism worked together to fight against imperial rule. Nationalism brought the people of India and Southeast Asia together while Socialism went against Western ideals. b. Socialism was more effective in South East Asia‚ it went fully against
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Malaysia‚ and Thailand. By the 1990s‚ ASEAN’s primary mission was to be an engine for regional economic growth. And by the 2000s‚ ASEAN had embraced Brunei‚ Cambodia‚ Laos‚ Myanmar‚ and Vietnam as members‚ and sought to resolve security issues in Southeast Asia. These successive changes produced a chaotic and weak structure‚ and proponents of the 2007 ASEAN Charter desired a document that would enable ASEAN to better facilitate economic integration and enhance security cooperation among the members.
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energy generation which is autonomous from the central grid. Efforts are also underway to use this technology to stabilize the grid by virtue of the solar potential which is abundant in Southeast Asia and due to the relatively low operating cost. 3.1.1 Rural electricity business models Currently in Southeast Asia primarily in India the prevalent provider of electricity in these rural communities has been the government through its subsidiaries. As mentioned in Chapter 2‚ the generation model differs
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THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHINA’S NAVAL MODERNIZATION AND GROWING PRESENCE IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON PHILIPPINES-CHINA RELATIONS A PHILIPPINE PERSPECTIVE By Martin S. Adalem III Tom Lance G. Angeles March 2013 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study China’s economy is currently the second largest in the world. With its continued economic growth and development‚ some people believe that there is a possibility for China to overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy. However‚ because
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difficult task for an airline to establish itself in a competitive market and Air Asia too faced the same hurdles that many other airlines faced. The difference however‚ is that Air Asia managed to rise above its initial setbacks and is today one of the most influential and successful airlines in Asia as well as the global aviation sector. The airline was founded in the year 1993 and the first flight of Air Asia took to the skies in November 1996. Within a few years‚ the airline was heavily in
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