How WTO KILLED Nepali Garment Industry

25 years ago, there was a booming garment industry in Nepal that brought in more than $200 million in a year. The directly employed worker reached almost a lakh people but just a decade later, it all came crashing down. From the dizzying heights in 1999 to the demise post 2005 but what exactly happened?

Unlike other industries that failed in Nepal whose primary cause was politics and mismanagement, the fall of this industry lies beyond our border. Sit back and lets dive in.

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Must Read:
Death of an Industry: Mallika Shakya (https://www.amazon.in/Death-Industry-...)

PDF's:
https://cuts-citee.org/pdf/Case_Study...
https://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/co...

Other Links:
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https://www.nepalitimes.com/banner/a-...
https://nepalindata.com/ne/Export-of-...
https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion...
https://nepalilanguage.org/blog/us-tr...
https://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/te...