Lights On: How Transparency Increases Compliance in Cambodian Global Value Chains

Raymond Robertson

ILR Review, 2020, vol. 73, issue 4, 939-968

Abstract: This article evaluates the implementation of a transparency policy in garment factories in Cambodia through the Better Factories Cambodia program. Using a difference-in-difference approach that is often applied to control for endogeneity, the author finds that compliance improved following the implementation of the transparency policy. Compliance increased in a group of 21 critical compliance areas that represent fundamental worker rights relative to relevant comparison groups. Compliance among the least-compliant factories, however, did not increase relative to other factories, possibly reflecting limited access to resources.

Keywords: apparel industry; global value chains; compliance; transparency; Cambodia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/0019793919893333

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