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Trade 
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This theme examines questions of trade and policy linkages between countries and how they can support enterprise.

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Embodied financial services value added in total exports by sector, UK and India, 2019, billion USD,
Source: Authors' calculations on EORA data 

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This paper examines current technology use in the Tanzanian textiles and apparel sector, using nationally representative secondary data, primary quantitative data, and qualitative information from semi-structured interviews.

Saha, A. et al. (2020) Trade, technology, and absorptive capacity: Firm-level evidence across geographical clusters in the Tanzanian textiles and apparel sector. WIDER Working Paper 2020/96. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER.

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Amrita Saha is an economist with a focus on political economy and development. She works with the Rural Futures and the Business, Markets and State clusters at IDS.

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Ben Shepherd is a trade economist and international development consultant.

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