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The Recent Development of the Cambodian Garment Industry: Global Firms, Government Policies, and Exports to the US

Tang, Uymeng
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1461951888

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2016, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Asian Studies (International Studies).
The shift of the garment industry from Japan to Newly-Industrialized Countries (NICs) and eventually to developing countries in Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, reflects a variety of factors that affect global firms’ strategies, international wage differentials, national government policies and trade negotiations. Over the past two decades, the Cambodian garment industry has grown significantly, ranking tenth among the world’s garment exporters in 2014. The development of the Cambodian garment industry was initially assisted by the Multi-fiber Arrangements (MFA) quotas and other preferential trade agreements imposed by developed countries like the United States and the European Union. In addition, the country’s average wage has been low enough to attract garment firms’ and their (sub) contractors’ production units away from other developing countries, including China and Vietnam. The incentives offered by the Royal Government of Cambodia have also played a key role in attracting foreign investment in its garment industry. Those incentives include Special Economic Zones, profit-tax exemption, and Technical and Vocational Education Training among others. In the 1990s, the Cambodian garment industry started out with a simple process named “Cut-Make-Trim”, which required minimal training for workers and little sophisticated technologies to operate. According to personal interviews with garment factories’ representatives in Cambodia, however, there has been a gradual upgrade to Full-package Format, which involves fairly advanced technologies and qualities. Although the country’s garment industry is still facing challenges in its competition against other major garment exporters, its exports to developed markets are quickly growing and its position in the global garment value chain is certainly improving.
Yeong-Hyun Kim (Advisor)
Taka Suzuki (Committee Member)
James Mosher (Committee Member)
118 p.
Asian Studies
The Garment Industry; International Trade; Cambodian Garment Exports to the US; the Shift of the Global Garment Industry; Garment Manufacturing Industry;

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  • Tang, U. (2016). The Recent Development of the Cambodian Garment Industry: Global Firms, Government Policies, and Exports to the US [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1461951888

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  • Tang, Uymeng. The Recent Development of the Cambodian Garment Industry: Global Firms, Government Policies, and Exports to the US. 2016. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1461951888.

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  • Tang, Uymeng. "The Recent Development of the Cambodian Garment Industry: Global Firms, Government Policies, and Exports to the US." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1461951888

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