Board #38 - Trade Liberalization and Textile Industry Decline: A Comparative Analysis of Second-Hand Clothing Impacts in Ghana and Pakistan

• In Event: 74-310 - Poster Session: Trade, Globalization & Economic Inequality

Brief Overview

This research examines how second-hand clothing exports from the Global North impact local fashion industries in Ghana and Pakistan from 1980-2025, using world systems theory to analyze trade liberalization and industrial decline.

Author

• Gabrielle Alexandria Thomas, University of Pennsylvania