Impediments to Promoting Backward Linkages from the Garment Industry in Sri Lanka

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dc.creatorKelegama, Saman
dc.creatorFoly, Fritz
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dc.date.created2018-02-20T13:09:25Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractThe slow growth of backward linkages from the garment industries (exportoriented) in developing countries and the policy merits of promoting these linkages have considerable contemporary relevance. Backward linkages are useful particularly for a garment industry to reduce the lead time and remain competitive in the international market. Local suppliers to the garment industry cannot function however unless conditions exist which allow them to be competitive. Furthermore, in a world where multinational garment-buying ®rms are dominant, a large import dependence in the garment industry does not necessarily imply that there are many opportunities to create local supplies and thereby create backward linkages. These factors are shown from the Sri Lankan attempts to promote backward linkages from the garment industry. It is argued that formation of backward linkages in the garment industry that operate in an open economy such as Sri Lanka is a natural outcome of industrial deepening and therefore will be time dependent. It is noted that even with less backward linkages, the garment industry in Sri Lanka has contributed signi®cantly to foreign exchange earnings and employment creation in the country. Ó 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.identifierhttp://172.16.21.42/handle/123/30
dc.identifierWorld Development Vol. 27, No. 8, 1999; pp. 1445-1460,
dc.identifier.urihttp://172.16.30.46:4000/handle/789/4607
dc.languageen
dc.subjectAsia
dc.subjectSri Lanka
dc.subjectIndustrialization
dc.subjectExport promotion
dc.subjectLinkages
dc.titleImpediments to Promoting Backward Linkages from the Garment Industry in Sri Lanka
dc.typeArticle
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