A Study of India's Textile Exports and Environmental Regulations

Buch | Hardcover

155 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-10-6294-0 (ISBN)

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This book examines the interplay between trade and the environment, with a focus on the Indian textile sector. While it is often claimed that developed countries’ non-tariff trade measures adversely affect the trade prospects of developing countries, establishing that claim systematically is a challenging task. This book examines the dilemma on the basis of various approaches, including a primary survey of different stakeholders and the large-scale modelling of the economy-environment inter-linkages. The interplay between the costs involved in meeting environmental regulations and the potential price-premiums that the cleaner products would get in the international market is analysed in order to assess the future trade prospects for Indian textiles. In addition, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the present scenario of the Indian textile sector. Accordingly, it will be of great interest to researchers, policy makers and graduate students specializing in environmental economics, development economics and international economics.

K.S. Kavi Kumar is Professor, Madras School of Economics (MSE), Chennai, India. He coordinated activities of the Centre of Excellence in environmental economics, supported by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, at the MSE during 2007-2015. He is also a Member, Expert Committee of Climate Change, Government of India; and a Member, State Environment Appraisal Committee, Tamil Nadu. Prof. Kumar is an MTech from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and obtained his PhD in development economics from Indira Gandhi Institute of Developmental Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India. His areas of research interest are economics of environment, economics of climate change, and development economics.

Introduction.- Global and Indian Supply Chain of Textiles.- India’s Comparative Advantage in Export of Textiles and Apparel Products.- Global Environmental Requirements – Textile Industry.- Non-tariff Barriers in Textiles – Incidence and Perceptions.- Exploring Linkages between Pollution Abatement and Trade in Textiles.- Conclusions.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.02.2018
Zusatzinfo	28 Illustrations, black and white; XIV, 155 p. 28 illus.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Technik
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
Schlagworte	Environmental Regulations • non-tariff barriers • Supply Chain Textile Industry • Textile Exports • Textile Sector India
ISBN-10	981-10-6294-3 / 9811062943
ISBN-13	978-981-10-6294-0 / 9789811062940
Zustand	Neuware