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1. 1. From clothing to productive rice: Do the migration and spending patterns of Cambodian garment workers show signs of a trickle-down effect?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Elisabet Dahlberg; [2006]
   Keywords : Cambodia; Textiles; Linkages; Migration; Lewis;

   Abstract : Cambodia suffers from a large rural-urban gap. Given agricultural underemployment a Lewisian perspective on economic growth can be applied, with the secondary sector being the garment industry in Phnom Penh. It provides employment and domestically high wages to a quarter of a million rural women who remit large shares to their families. READ MORE