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AGOA, Lesotho' ‘Clothing Miracle’ & the Politics of Sweatshops

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The ‘Africa Growth and Opportunity Act’ (AGOA) was signed into US law at the end of August 2000. Perhaps the most important provision of this version of the Act (AGOA I) was that it conferred duty-free status to clothing articles directly imported into the US from beneficiary countries, until 30 September 2008. To command beneficiary status, countries had to meet a series of political and economic conditions, with the result that 38 countries are currently included in benefits. In addition, beneficiary countries have to have an export visa system approved by the US Customs Department. As of early March 2003, nineteen had done so. The only important clothing manufacturing country in Africa that remains excluded from AGOA benefits is Zimbabwe.

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  • Peter Gibbon, 2003. "AGOA, Lesotho' ‘Clothing Miracle’ & the Politics of Sweatshops," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(96), pages 315-350, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:30:y:2003:i:96:p:315-350
    DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2003.9693503
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    1. Grogan, Louise, 2023. "Manufacturing employment and women’s agency: Evidence from Lesotho 2004–2014," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 160(C).
    2. Azmeh, Shamel & Nadvi, Khalid, 2014. "Asian firms and the restructuring of global value chains," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 23(4), pages 708-717.
    3. Grogan, Louise, 2022. "Manufacturing Employment and Women's Agency: Evidence from Lesotho 2004-2014," IZA Discussion Papers 15518, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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