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Issue 6 – Agribusiness: from farm to fork
This issue of Making It: Industry for Development looks at some aspects of the broad concept of agribusiness, often defined as the whole range of business activities that are performed from farm to fork, but also including the processing of raw materials for the production of many non-food items, such as textiles, paper and biofuel. […]

Garment assembly? No sweat!
A garment assembly factory in the Dominican Republic is acting as a model for what can happen when wages are “living” and union organizing is allowed

Coming undone: The Dominican Republic’s garment assembly sector
How garment assembly production drove impressive economic growth rate, but today is experiencing dramatic decline