Competitiveness of the knitwear industry in Bangladesh : a study of industrial development amid global competition


Autoria(s): Bakht, Zaid; Salimullah, Md.; Yamagata, Tatsufumi; Yunus, Mohammad
Data(s)

20/10/2008

20/10/2008

01/10/2008

Resumo

This paper assesses the technical efficiency and profitability of the knitwear industry in Bangladesh taking into account the sector’s role in poverty reduction. While stochastic frontier analysis was invoked to assess technical efficiency, three alternative measures, namely the rate of return, total factor productivity and the Solow residual, were used to gauge the extent and determinants of the profitability of the industry based on firm-level data collected in 2001. The estimation results indicate the high profitability of the knitwear firms. In Bangladesh, the dynamic development of the industry has entailed great diversity in efficiency in comparison with the garment industries of other developing countries. While there is a significant scale effect in profitability and productivity, no supporting evidence was found for the positive impact on competitiveness of industrial upgrading in terms of usage of expensive machinery and vertical integration and industrial agglomeration.

Identificador

IDE Discussion Paper. No. 169. 2008.10

http://hdl.handle.net/2344/788

IDE Discussion Paper

169

Idioma(s)

en

eng

Publicador

Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO

日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所

Palavras-Chave #Bangladesh #Knitwear #Poverty reduction #Productivity #Profitability #Stochastic frontier analysis #Apparel industry #Textile industry #バングラデシュ #ニットウェア #貧困削減 #生産性 #収益性 #確率フロンティア分析 #繊維工業 #アパレル産業 #586.09 #ASBG Bangladesh バングラデシュ #D24 - Production; #J31 - Wage Level and Structure;etc. #L67 - Other Consumer Nondurables: #O14 - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology #O53 - Asia including Middle East #677
Tipo

Working Paper

Technical Report