FDI, AGOA and Manufactured Exports by a Landlocked, Least Developed African Economy: Lesotho
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FDI, AGOA And Manufactured Exports From A Land-Locked, Least- Developed African Economy: Lesotho
Lesotho, a small, mountainous and resource poor country inside South Africa, has emerged as the largest and fastest growing exporter of apparel from Sub-Saharan Africa to the US. Its rapid manufacturing growth has been driven by inflows of export-oriented foreign direct investment. This paper explores this unusual experience against the setting of the dismal record of industrial growth and comp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Development Studies
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0022-0388,1743-9140
DOI: 10.1080/00220380500155254