The Future of the Textile and Clothing Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa

Contents Contents and Preface: Herbert Jauch/Rudolf Traub-Merz The African Textile and Clothing Industry: From Import Substitution to Export Orientation Rudolf Traub-Merz, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, with assistance from Herbert Jauch, LaRRI Globalisation, China, and Clothing Industrialisation Strategies Mike Morris, University of KwaZulu-Natal The Stakes for the African Textile and Clothing Industries in the WTO Michiko Hayashi, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Labour Standards and the Question of Industrialisation Strategy. An African Example Sylvi B. Endresen and Ann Cecilie Bergene, University of Oslo The Role of Core Labour Standards and Decent Work in Addressing the MFA/ATC Phase-Out Esther Busser, ICFTU, Geneva International Labour Standards and their Relevance to Sub-Saharan Africa Lawrence Egulu, ICFTU-AFRO, Nairobi What Impact will the Outcome of the Hong Kong Ministerial have on the Textiles and Clothing Sector? Esther Busser, ICFTU, Geneva Conference Resolution Country Reports Ghana Peter Quartey, Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research, University of Ghana Kenya Jacob O. Omolo, Institute of Policy Analysis and Research, Nairobi Lesotho Mark Bennet, ComMark, Maseru Madagascar Ralaivelo Maminirinarivo Mauritius Gilles Joomun, StraConsult Namibia Herbert Jauch, LaRRI South Africa Etienne Vlok, Southern African Labour Research Institute Swaziland Winnie S. Madonsela, University of Swaziland Zambia Grayson Koyi, CSAWUZ Zimbabwe Godfrey Kanyenze, LEDRIZ Appendix (Programme of Conference and List of Participants of FES-Conference)