Used‐Clothing Donations and Apparel Production in Africa
研究旧衣捐赠如何通过进口冲击阻碍非洲国家发展服装制造业，解释1981-2000年间非洲服装产量下降约40%、就业下降约50%的原因。
This article examines the importance of one possible explanation for the failure of African countries to step onto the bottom rung of the manufacturing sophistication ladder, that is to produce apparel. Used-clothing donations to thrift shops and other organisations in industrialised countries typically end up being sold to consumers in Africa. Since used clothing is initially provided as a donation, it shares characteristics with food aid, which always assists consumers, but at times harms African food producers. Used-clothing imports are found to have a negative impact on apparel production in Africa, explaining roughly 40% of the decline in production and 50% of the decline in employment over the period 1981-2000. Copyright © The Author(s). Journal compilation © Royal Economic Society 2008.