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Chapter outline

CONTENTS

Preface

Part I. Introduction

1. Preview, Purpose, and Scope
    Saman Kelegama
2. Overview of the Garment Industry in Sri Lanka
    Saman Kelegama and Janaka Wijayasiri

“Ready-Made Garment Industry in Sri Lanka: Facing the Global Challenge”

Part II. Issues on Competitiveness

3. Competitive Strength of the Garment Industry and Planning Process at the
     Firm Level
    Tilak Fonseka and Dilini Fonseka
4. Labour Productivity and Job Quality in the Garment Industry
    Saman Kelegama and Roshen Epaarachchi

Part III. Backward and Forward Integration: Problems and Prospects

5. Impediments to Promoting Backward Linkages from the Garment
     Industry
    Saman Kelegama and Fritz Foley
6. Forward Integration and Supply Capacity of the Garment Industry
    Tilak Fonseka

Part IV. External Trading Environment: Regional and Bilateral Trading Arrangements and their Impact

7. Risks for the Garment Industry from NAFTA
    Saman Kelegama
8. Indo-Sri Lanka Bilateral Free Trade Agreement and the Garment Industry
    Saman Kelegama and Janaka Wijayasiri
9. A Possible US-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement to Support the
    Garment Industry ?
    Saman Kelegama


Part V. External Trading Environment: Emergence of China and WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

10. Emergence of China as a Major Garment Supplier and its Impact
      Saman Kelegama and Shan Wickramasinghe
11. WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing: Implications for the
      Garment Industry
      Dushni Weerakoon and Janaka Wijayasiri


June 2004        ISBN 955-8708-24-0          pp     282

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