TY - BOOK AU - Suphachalasai,Suphat TI - Thailand's Clothing and Textile Exports SN - 9789813016637 PY - 1995///] CY - Singapore : PB - ISEAS Publishing, KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; List of Tables --; List of Figures --; Acknowledgements --; I. Introduction --; II. An Overview of the Thai Economy and its Manufacturing Sector --; III.The Clothing and Textile Industry and Domestic Policy --; IV. The Multi-Fibre Arrangement and World Trade in Clothing and Textiles --; V. Initial Evaluation of MFA Welfare Effects on Developing Countries --; VI. Thai Clothing and Textile Exports --; VII. Effects of the MFA on Thailand --; VIII. Summary and Conclusion --; Appendix A --; Appendix B --; Appendix C --; Appendix D --; Appendix E --; Appendix F --; Glossary --; References; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Chapter 2 gives a general view of the evolution of the Thai manufacturing sector. Chapter 3 describes the structure and development of the clothing and textile industry and government intervention, analysing protection policies as well as the effective rates of assistance (ERA) in the industry. Chapter 4 and 5 deal with MFA issues. Chapter 6 examines the exports of the Thai clothing sector in comparing its exports to Hong Kong. Chapter 7 presents a world clothing trade model to evaluate the welfare effects of the MFA on Thailand and to predict the future of Thai exports under different scenarios. Chapter 8 summarizes the conclusions UR - https://doi.org/10.1355/9789814376853 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789814376853 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9789814376853.jpg ER -