The Future of the Textile and Clothing Industry in
Sub-Saharan Africa

International
Conference

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung - ITGLWF - SACTWU - LaRRI

Cape Town, October 10-11, 2005

Proceedings

Published by the
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Edited by Herbert Jauch and Rudolf Traub-Merz

Contents

Contents
and Preface: Herbert Jauch/Rudolf Traub-Merz

The African
Textile and Clothing Industry: From Import Substitution to Export Orientation

Rudolf Traub-Merz, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung,
with
assistance from Herbert Jauch, LaRRI

Globalisation,
China, and Clothing Industrialisation Strategies
Mike
Morris, University of KwaZulu-Natal

The Stakes for
the African Textile and Clothing Industries in the
WTO
Michiko Hayashi, United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Labour Standards
and the Question of Industrialisation Strategy. An African
Example
Sylvi B. Endresen and Ann
Cecilie Bergene, University of Oslo

The Role of Core
Labour Standards and Decent Work in Addressing the MFA/ATC
Phase-Out

Esther Busser, ICFTU, Geneva

International
Labour Standards and their Relevance to Sub-Saharan
Africa
Lawrence Egulu, ICFTU-AFRO, Nairobi

What Impact will
the Outcome of the Hong Kong Ministerial have on the Textiles and Clothing
Sector?

Esther Busser, ICFTU, Geneva

Conference
Resolution

Country Reports

Ghana
Peter
Quartey, Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research,
University of Ghana

Kenya

Jacob
O. Omolo, Institute of Policy Analysis and Research, Nairobi

Lesotho
Mark
Bennet, ComMark, Maseru

Madagascar

Ralaivelo
Maminirinarivo

Mauritius
Gilles
Joomun, StraConsult

Namibia
Herbert
Jauch, LaRRI

South
Africa

Etienne Vlok, Southern African Labour Research
Institute

Swaziland
Winnie
S. Madonsela, University of Swaziland

Zambia

Grayson
Koyi, CSAWUZ

Zimbabwe
Godfrey
Kanyenze, LEDRIZ

Appendix
(Programme of Conference and List of Participants of FES-Conference)