Learning through Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa : The Case of the Garment Industry in Madagasca

• Project/Area Number: 21530289
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: 日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所 (2012); Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (2009-2011)
• Principal Investigator: FUKUNISHI Takahiro 日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所, 地域研究センター, 研究員 (80450526)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
• Keywords: 経済発展 / 製造業 / 外国直接投資 / 企業データ / マダガスカル / 貿易 / 市場アクセス / 国際情報交換

Research Abstract

We have investigated possibility of manufacturing development in sub-Saharan Africa through a case study of the garment industry in Madagascar. First, we found that foreign direct investment in Madagascar has catalyzed development of local exporting firms, indicating potential of the FDI-led industrialization. Second, the political turmoil emerged in 2009 has significantly affected the industry through drastic reduction of exports, which led to large loss of employment for uneducated and female workers.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Slow and Steady Wins the Race : How the Garment Industry Leads Industrialization in Low-income Countries (2013)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Fukunishi, and Tatsufumi Yamagata
  • Journal Title: IDE Discussion Paper Volume: No.421
• [Journal Article] Employment and Wages in Export-Oriented Garment Industry: Recent Trends in Low-income Countries under the Trade Liberalization (2013)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Fukunishi, Tatsufumi Yamagata
  • Journal Title: Background Paper to Industrial Development Report 2013, United Nations Industrial Organization Volume: 未定
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Slow and Steady Wins the Race: How the Garment Industry Leads Industrialization in Low-income Countries (2013)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Fukunishi, Tatsufumi Yamagata
  • Journal Title: IDE Discussion Paper, Institute of Developing Economies Volume: No. 421
• [Journal Article] Firm Dynamics in the Cambodian Garment Industry: Firm Turnover, Productivity Growth, and Wage Profile under Trade Liberalization (2013)
  • Author(s): Yoko Asuayama, Dalin Chunn, Takahiro Fukunishi, Seiha Neou, Tatsufumi Yamagata
  • Journal Title: Journal of Asia and Pacific Economy Volume: Vo.18, No.1 Issue: 1 Pages: 51-70
  • DOI: 10.1080/13547860.2012.742671
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] アジア、アフリカの新興輸出国の特徴 : バングラデシュ、カンボジア、マダガスカルの縫製企業データの比較 (2012)
  • Author(s): 福西隆弘
  • Journal Title: 繊維トレンド(東レ経営研究所) Volume: No.96 Pages: 16-20
• [Journal Article] アジア、アフリカの新興輸出国の特徴：バングラデシュ、カンボジア、マダガスカルの縫製企業データの比較 (2012)
  • Author(s): 福西隆弘
  • Journal Title: 『繊維トレンド』 東レ経営研究所 Volume: No. 96 Pages: 16-20
• [Journal Article] 成長をくじく政争 : マダガスカルの事例 (2011)
  • Author(s): 福西隆弘
  • Journal Title: アジ研ワールド・トレンド(アジア経済研究所) Volume: 185 Pages: 24-27
• [Journal Article] 成果をくじく政争:マダガスカルの事例 (2011)
  • Author(s): 福西隆弘
  • Journal Title: アジ研ワールド・トレンド Volume: 185 Pages: 24-27
• [Journal Article] (2010)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Fukunishi ed.
  • Journal Title: African Producers in the New Trend of Globalization : An Interim Report(Institute of Developing Economies) Pages: 57-76
• [Journal Article] Employment and Wages in Export-Oriented Garment Industry : Recent Trends in Low-income Countries under the Trade Liberalization
  • Author(s): Takahiro Fukunishi, and Tatsufumi Yamagata
  • Journal Title: Background Paper to Industrial Development Report 2013, United Nations Industrial Organization Volume: 2013
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 政変が雇用に与える影響 : マダガスカルの輸出向け縫製産業 (2012)
  • Author(s): 福西隆弘
  • Organizer: 日本アフリカ学会
  • Place of Presentation: 国立民族学博物館
  • Year and Date: 2012-05-26
• [Presentation] Impact of AGOA Suspension on Madagascar's Garment Workers : Preliminary Study Based on the Firm Dataset 2008-2010 (2012)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Fukunishi
  • Organizer: CSAE Conference 2012 : Economic Development in Africa
  • Place of Presentation: University of Oxford
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-19
• [Presentation] 政変が雇用に与える影響：マダガスカルの輸出向け縫製産業
  • Author(s): 福西隆弘
  • Organizer: 日本アフリカ学会
  • Place of Presentation: 国立民族学博物館
• [Book] Delivering Sustainable Growth in Africa : African Farmers and Firms in a Changing World, (coauthors : Jodie Keane, Aya Suzuki, Akio Nishiura, Herinjatovo Aime Ramiarison, Tomomi Tokuori) (2014)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Fukunishi ed.
  • Publisher: Palgrave McMillan
• [Book] Garment for Development : Dynamism of Garment Industry in Low-income Countries, (coauthors : Yoko Asuyama, Neou Seiha, Mohammad Yunus, Kenta Goto, Momoe Makino, Toshihiro Kudo, Herinjatovo Aime Ramiarison) (2014)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Fukunishi and Tatsufumi Yamagata eds.
  • Publisher: Institute of Developing Economies (or Palgrave McMillan),
• [Book] Garment for Development: Dynamism of Garment Industry in Low-income Countries (2014)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Fukunishi and Tatsufumi Yamagata eds.
  • Publisher: Institute of Developing Economies (or Palgrave McMillan)
• [Book] Dynamics of the Garment Industry in Low-Income Countries : Experience of Asia and Africa (Interim Report), (coauthors : Yoko Asuyama, Neou Seiha, Mohammad Yunus, Kenta Goto, Momoe Makino, Toshihiro Kudo, Herinjatovo Aime Ramiarison) (2012)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Fukunishi ed.
  • Publisher: Institute of Developing Economies
• [Book] Dynamics of the Garment Industry in Low-Income Countries : Experience of Asia and Africa (Interim Report) (2012)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Fukunishi, Herinjatovo Aime Ramiarison
  • Total Pages: 31
  • Publisher: Institute of Developing Economies
• [Book] Producers in the New Trend of Globalization : An Interim Report, (coauthors : Akio Nishiura, Herinjatovo Aime Ramiarison, Tomomi Tokuori, Megumi Muto, Eiichi Yoshida) (2010)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Fukunishi ed.
  • Publisher: Institute of Developing Economies