Secondhand Clothing in Developing Countries
February 18th, 2010 Points of Interest Found Elsewhere
Here’s something to think about: in some areas of Africa, imported secondhand clothing is a contributing obstacle to economic development. When used clothing is smuggled into a country, it affects domestic textile industries and causes them to shut down. This practice has become such a problem that Nigeria has actually outlawed all imported clothes. Check out the following links for more information:
- High Cost of an Imported Used Spiderman T-Shirt
- Consuming Second-Hand Clothing
- Dead White People’s Clothes : How the Used Clothes You Send to Africa are Killing the Textile Industry
- Trade Theory vs. Used Clothes in Africa
Thoughts?
