A Different Path of Industrial Development? Ethiopia’s Apparel Export Sector

Staritz, Cornelia; Plank, Leonhard; Morris, Mike

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“…(Yared, 2010). Because of the challenges in textile manufacturing, the garment factories often face shortages in raw material, yarns, fabrics and accessories and subsequently disrupt the production flow leading to longer lead times and cost as a major impediment in their operation (Staritz et al , 2016). Because of this unavailability, it is observed in Addis Ababa that many garment factories cannot meet their overheads and finally are not profitable as the machines are lying empty.…”

Section: Obstacles To the Textile And Apparel Sectormentioning

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“…Even though Ethiopia could be considered as a latecomer in the manufacturing sector in SSA, the recent progress in the value chain entitles it to be as a “Rising star” in the textile and apparel export sector and Africa’s largest raw material supplier for the leather industry. According to academic literature, Staritz et al (2016) apparel exports from Ethiopia have increased impressively, jumping almost eightfold from US$9m in 2009 to US$68m in 2014, and Yost and Shields (2017) suggest that export earnings have grown from US$60m to US$160m in the last five years, and the government has a target to reach US$1bn by 2020. ETIDI (2016) reports that the export share of textile and apparel business in total was 3.5 per cent in 2015, and for manufacturing sector, the export share was 23 per cent.…”

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“…Ownership is diversified in the Ethiopian textile and apparel sector, made up of state owned enterprises (SOE), endowment-owned firms linked to the dominant party, private locally owned firms, Ethiopian diaspora owned firms and a variety of foreign-owned firms. ETIDI data (complemented by interview data by Staritz et al , 2016) show that there were 127 textile and apparel firms in January 2016, including 24 integrated mills (textile and apparel), 23 textile mills (spinning, weaving or knitting), 72 apparel and eight handloom factories. Also including ginning, accessories and packaging, there are 155 firms (two accessory firms, five packaging, printing and dyeing firms and 21 ginneries).…”

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“…Central Statistical Agency (CSA) (2015) and ETIDI (2016) have documented that 57,432 workers are employed in the textile sector. According to Staritz et al (2016), women comprise around 75 per cent of employment in the sector with a higher share in apparel than in textile and men occupy the majority of technical and management positions. Employment through the textile sector encourages a chain reaction in the society of Ethiopia which makes it an obvious reason to promote this industry.…”

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An overview of textile and apparel business advances in Ethiopia

Khurana

2018

RJTA

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Purpose One of the oldest civilizations of Africa, Ethiopia is today at the advent of industrialization in various business sectors. Agriculture being a primary source of income (50 per cent of the GDP) is now transforming into more dynamic and new sectors. Textile and apparel is one of the sectors that has received a lot of attention from the government and the objective is to become sourcing destinations of the world. The purpose of the paper is to provide an overview of the current advances to the stakeholders, academia and industry from concept to the consumer. The aim of the paper is to present a transition of advances made in textile and apparel business that the country has made in the past decade and also to examine the potential of the consumer for this country. The consumer in the country is young and brings a lot of novel opportunities for textile and apparel industry. Design/methodology/approach This analysis is an empirical journey of the author’s research in academia and textile and apparel industry in Ethiopia. Findings This paper establishes a connection between the stakeholders, academia, industry and beneficiaries of this business so that it could become a guideline for future business investors. It also highlights the problems within this sector and provides a clear idea for domestic companies to compete with global competitors in terms of upcoming future business trends. Originality/value Presently, in the atmosphere of fashion and textiles, there is air about Ethiopia being the next manufacturing hub of the world in Africa. However, no academic literature is available which summarizes the opportunities and tasks in this industry, and this paper caters to the need of the hour.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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An overview of textile and apparel business advances in Ethiopia

Khurana

2018

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“…This research gap is evident in the apparel manufacturing sector of the fashion industry. While researchers such as Staritz et al (2016) and Van der Ven (2015) have examined the use of industrial policy in the fashion industry of developing countries, there remains the issue of understanding what constitutes the design and implementation of industrial policies that increased the competitiveness of the industry.…”

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Building apparel manufacturing competitiveness through policy–a system dynamics approach

Wilson

2020

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the role of Government via its industrial policy aimed at building competitiveness in apparel manufacturing in a developing country.Design/methodology/approachA conceptual framework that proposes the causal relationships between policies and competitiveness is applied to the apparel manufacturing sector in Trinidad and Tobago. The study utilises primary data from interviews and observations, and secondary data sources inclusive of industry and fashion companies reports. Data analysis of four vertical policies is performed via the use of system dynamics modelling and simulation.FindingsThe four vertical policies were found to impact three interrelated elements in the apparel manufacturing sector: the market, apparel products and productive resources. Policies that intentionally focussed on improving market attractiveness benefited wide segments of the industry. However, policies that focussed on product and resource attractiveness that were designed as direct support for selected firms had a lower impact on overall industry competitiveness than those that had an industry-wide focus.Research limitations/implicationsA single industry in a small developing island state limits the generalisability of the research findings. Additionally, non-reporting of export data and aggregation of industry data limits the conclusions that can be drawn regarding the impact of the vertical policies on the apparel industry. 10; 10;Practical implicationsPolicy-makers should consider the scope of the vertical policies in terms of the number of firms in the industry to benefit, and the need for complementary horizontal policies for creating enabling environments for competitiveness.Originality/valueThe paper proposes a conceptual framework to capture relationships between vertical policy and competitiveness.

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Pressures for sub‐supplier sustainability compliance: The importance of target markets in textile and garment supply chains

Fontana,

Atif,

Sarwar

2024

Bus Strat Env

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We propose that sub‐supplier sustainability compliance in developing economies' textile and garment supply chains can be more effectively realized by understanding sub‐suppliers' target markets. We introduce the concept of sub‐suppliers' customer share of production as the share of production that sub‐suppliers sell to “exporting” direct suppliers that cater to the international market vis‐à‐vis “local” direct suppliers that cater to the domestic market. Through this concept and qualitative evidence, we offer a model outlining that as sub‐suppliers sell more to exporting direct suppliers, they encounter increased coercive, competitive, and collaborative pressures for sustainability compliance. This article contributes to the multi‐tier sustainable supply chain management literature by illustrating how target markets exert pressures for sub‐supplier sustainability compliance, and why some sub‐suppliers are more inclined to invest in sustainability compliance, some decouple from it, and others invest beyond compliance. We conclude with business strategy guidelines for managers in textile and garment supply chains.

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A Different Path of Industrial Development? Ethiopia’s Apparel Export Sector

Cited by 19 publications

References 3 publications

An overview of textile and apparel business advances in Ethiopia

An overview of textile and apparel business advances in Ethiopia

Building apparel manufacturing competitiveness through policy–a system dynamics approach

Pressures for sub‐supplier sustainability compliance: The importance of target markets in textile and garment supply chains

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