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Medium-Run Impacts of Management Training in Garment Clusters

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  • Yuki Higuchi
  • Edwin Paul Mhede
  • Vu Hoang Nam
  • Tetsushi Sonobe

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This paper investigates the impact of management training programs on garment clusters in Vietnam and Tanzania. The study found that in the medium run firms showed improvement once they had identified useful practices and adapted them to their operations. Although it takes a few years to experience a significant impact on incomes, management training can increase not just management scores but also incomes or value added.

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  • Yuki Higuchi & Edwin Paul Mhede & Vu Hoang Nam & Tetsushi Sonobe, 2020. "Medium-Run Impacts of Management Training in Garment Clusters," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 34(Supplemen), pages 68-71.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:wbecrv:v:34:y:2020:i:supplement_1:p:s68-s71.
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