In May 2019 just-style published an analysis arguing that garment manufacturing could lift Ethiopia only if Western brands and retailers built a sourcing circle that paid for skills, compliance, and longer contracts rather than racing to the lowest cut-and-sew price.
The piece compared lessons from Bangladesh’s factory boom with Ethiopia’s industrial-park push, and it warned that thin orders and weak wages would leave parks as enclaves instead of national development engines.
Sourcing ethics talk mattered as Hawassa and other parks courted global apparel names while workers already pressed for livable pay.
Kept as textile and business archive, the virtuous-circle brief dates brand-side advice during Ethiopia’s late-2010s garment boom.
Sources: just-style