Publication written by Faisal Z. Ahmed, 2012 DPDF Governing Global Production Fellow Anne Greenleaf, and Audrey Sacks: 

Can export growth occur in states with weak governance and competitive clientelism? Conventional wisdom is that effective industrial policy requires a politically stable country with a centralized government. Absent these conditions, countries can pursue alternative types of industrial policies. Contexts with stable, or predictable, mis-governance and a government committed to nonintervention can yield strong export performance. We test this hypothesis in Bangladesh by examining the creation of industrial policy in the Ready Made Garment (RMG) sector. This paper highlights how the particular “political settlement” in Bangladesh has created a viable environment in which the RMG sector continues to grow.

Publication Details

Title
The Paradox of Export Growth in Areas of Weak Governance: The Case of the Ready Made Garment Sector in Bangladesh
Authors
Greenleaf, Anne Regan
Publisher
Elsevier
Publish Date
April 2014
Citation
Greenleaf, Anne Regan, The Paradox of Export Growth in Areas of Weak Governance: The Case of the Ready Made Garment Sector in Bangladesh (Elsevier, April 2014).
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