A phoenix rising? The regeneration of the Ghana garment and textile industry

IF 3.2 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS Socio-Economic Review Pub Date : 2023-05-05 DOI:10.1093/ser/mwad022

D. Sarpong, George Ofosu, David Botchie, D. Meissner

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Abstract

Some African countries’ premier industries, such as textiles, garments and agro-processing, which floundered in the face of market liberalization and stiff competition from cheap imports, are now going through regenerative changes, with some beginning to tell a cautionary tale of a leap upwards. Focusing on the Ghana garment and textile industry, we draw on a framework that integrates social practices and everyday general-purpose technologies to explore the rise, decline and regeneration of the industry. Explicating a fine analysis of how the performative reconfiguration of social practices and functional sources of innovation and technologies may combine to support innovation-driven growth, our study sheds light on how loosely connected actors within a hitherto floundering industry can learn to transform their situated practices to drive their ‘industrial regeneration’. Implications for the theory and practice of industrial regeneration are outlined.

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凤凰升起?加纳服装和纺织工业的复兴

一些非洲国家的主要产业，如纺织业、服装业和农产品加工业，在面对市场自由化和廉价进口产品的激烈竞争时陷入困境，现在正在经历再生变革，其中一些开始讲述一个向上飞跃的警示故事。关注加纳服装和纺织行业，我们借鉴了一个框架，将社会实践和日常通用技术相结合，探索该行业的兴起、衰落和再生。通过对社会实践的行为重构以及创新和技术的功能来源如何结合起来支持创新驱动增长的精细分析，我们的研究揭示了在一个迄今为止苦苦挣扎的行业中，松散联系的参与者如何学会改变他们的现状实践，以推动他们的“产业再生”。概述了产业再生理论与实践的启示。

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Socio-Economic Review Multiple-

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