Abstract: | 1. Introduction - 2. Development and capacity utilization of the Sudanese textile industry - 3. Production constraints (cotton supply, infrastructure, technical problems, employment and manpower constraints) - 4. Assessment of the competitiveness of Sudanese textile mills (micro-economic evaluation, macro-economic evaluation, conclusion) - 5. Marketing conditions for the Sudanese textile industry (demand estimation, consumer behaviour, changes in import policy, revision of pricing policy, liberalization of exports) - 6. Reform of government policies affecting the textile sector (macro-economic constraints for the traditional industrial promotion policy, adjustment of economic policy, government support to the textile industry) - 7. Recommendations for an integrated policy approach towards the textile industry. |