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Table 1 Countries identified for inclusion

From: Trade liberalization, social policies and health: an empirical case study

Country

Year

T & C employment combined as % of total manufacturing employmenta

% of working population in industryc

Albania

2004

26.76

13.6

Azerbaijan

2004

12.92

11.9

Bangladeshb

2004

40

13.7

Bolivia

2001

14.81

20.5

Botswana

2004

33.41

22.6

Brazil

2004

12.76

21

Bulgaria

2004

29.53

32.9

Cambodia

2000

73.60

10.5

China

2004

18.11

22.5

China, Hong Kong SAR

2004

27.90

15.6

China, Macao SAR

2004

82.70

25.2

Colombia

2004

22.30

19.9

Costa Rica

2003

17.60

22

Croatia

2004

13.78

29.8

Ecuador

2004

10.87

17.5

Egypt

2004

28.51

20

Estonia

2004

17.98

34.9

Greece

2004

13.73

22.5

Guatemala

2004

40.57

19.5

Hungary

2004

10.19

32.8

India

2004

21.03

16.1

Indonesia

2004

22.90

18

Italy

2004

11.14

30.8

Jamaica

2004

16.28

18.3

Jordan

2004

15.49

21.8

Kuwait

2001

16.75

18.3

Korea

2004

10.04

27.5

Kyrgyz Republic

2004

11.48

17.6

Latvia

2004

13.74

27.3

Lithuania

2004

21.97

28.2

Mauritius

2004

66.83

33.5

Mexico

2003

14.42

24.8

Mongolia

2004

51.23

16.1

Morocco

2004

41.53

19.5

Nepal

2002

28.28

13.4

Peru

2004

35.60

41.7

Philippines

2003

18.54

15.8

Poland

2004

10.24

28.8

Portugal

2004

24.24

31

Puerto Rico

2000

18.42

19.4

Qatar

2004

21.51

41

Republic of Macedonia

2004

36.42

32.8

Romania

2004

24.29

31.2

Saudi Arabia

2003

14.75

21

Serbia & Montenegro

2001

17.82

26.9

Slovakia

2004

10.56

39

South Africa

2004

12.82

26.1

Sri Lanka

2001

49.32

24.1

Syrian Arab Republic

2004

25.41

25.6

Thailand

2002

18.04

20.5

Turkey

2004

34.55

23

Uruguay

2004

13.14

21.4

Vietnam

2004

23.04

17.4

  1. Sources: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (2011): INDSTAT2, Industrial Statistics Database (Edition: 2011). ESDS International, University of Manchester. doi: 10.5257/unido/indstat2/2011. Industrial Statistics Database 2011 at the 2-digit level of ISIC Code (Revision 3).
  2. aISIC codes 17 for textiles, 18 for wearing apparel and D for total manufacturing
  3. bSince data was not available on Bangladesh in the UNIDO database, and because the country is oft cited as extremely reliant on the textile and clothing sector, data for Bangladesh taken from the IMF Working Paper by Mlachila and Yang (2004): The End of Textiles Quotas: A Case Study of the Impact on The End of Textiles Quotas on Bangladesh
  4. cWorld Bank (2011): World Development Indicators (Edition: September 2011). ESDS International, University of Manchester. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/wb/wdi/2011-09