Rocco Macchiavello
Rocco Macchiavello is the Lead Academic for IGC Myanmar.
Rocco Macchiavello is Associate Professor of Management at the London School of Economics (LSE). Previously, he was Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick. He has a PhD in Economics from LSE and has been a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, and at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is a research affiliate at CEPR. His research interests lie at the intersection of development economics, international trade and organizational economics and are primarily concerned with understanding the institutional determinants of, and constraints to, industrial development.
Content by Rocco Macchiavello
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Publication - Working Paper
Industrial relations and workplace communication in Myanmar garment sector
16 Apr 2019 | Min Zar Ni Lin, Mari Tanaka, Virginia Minni, Hanh Nguyen, Khin Suu Thet, Rocco Macchiavello
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Data Item
Data: Training productivity, and upgrading: Pilot of evaluation of female and supervisor training programs in the Bangladesh apparel sector
We marketed a training program for lower level managers (line supervisors) to large factories in the Bangladeshi ready-made garment industry. Take-up of the program (even for a free slot) was low, due to intense production pressures, fire-fighting and concerns over retention of trained workers. Take-up is quite insensitive to pricing. There was higher interest and demand in...
27 Feb 2019
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Publication - Working Paper
International buyers’ sourcing and suppliers’ markups in Bangladeshi garments
24 Jan 2019 | Julia Cajal Grossi, Rocco Macchiavello, Guillermo Noguera
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Publication - Policy Brief
Learning from Thilawa Special Economic Zone (Burmese version)
15 Mar 2018 | Amit Khandelwal, Rocco Macchiavello, Matthieu Teachout, Sang Hyun Park, Paing Thu Htet
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Publication - Policy Brief
Learning from Thilawa Special Economic Zone
Firms in Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) have created around 5,000 jobs inside the zone as of 1 February 2018. Analysis suggests that the most important benefit for workers in the zone is the knowledge and skills they acquire on the job. This benefit is even more important among managers, suggesting that knowledge transfers from workers transitioning to companies...
15 Mar 2018 | Amit Khandelwal, Rocco Macchiavello, Matthieu Teachout, Sang Hyun Park, Paing Thu Htet
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Multimedia Item - Video
Rocco Macchiavello: The coffee chain - Linking farmers to the global market
How can smallholder farmers in Africa overcome barriers and export their produce to valuable Western markets? Rocco Macchiavello (LSE), Lead Academic for IGC Myanmar, discusses his research on coffee value chains.
26 Feb 2018
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Publication - Working Paper
Strategic default in the international coffee market
18 Aug 2017 | Arthur Blouin, Rocco Macchiavello
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Project
Spillovers from Special Economic Zones: Micro evidence from Myanmar
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are becoming an increasingly popular policy tool to spur job creation and economic development in Myanmar. However, there is little knowledge on how to best leverage their unique advantages. This IGC project evaluated the performance of the only operational SEZ in Myanmar, the Thilawa SEZ. With the Thilawa SEZ management team, it also...
28 Jul 2017 | Amit Khandelwal, Matthieu Teachout, Rocco Macchiavello
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Project
Organisational structure of trade unions in Myanmar
Healthy industrial relations, or peaceful negotiations between workers and employers based on mutual benefits, is a key factor for sustained productivity growth. In developing countries, industrial relations are relatively immature, and issues of industrial disputes and strikes are becoming huge political concerns. However, little is known about industrial relations and...
26 Jan 2017 | Rocco Macchiavello, Mari Tanaka, Sindy Li
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Publication - Working Paper
Understanding productivity in the Pakistani garment sector
20 Apr 2016 | Azam Chaudhry, Rocco Macchiavello, Theresa Chaudhry, Christopher Woodruff
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Publication - Working Paper
The effect of political and labour unrest on productivity: Evidence from Bangladeshi garments
8 Apr 2016 | Anik Ashraf, Rocco Macchiavello, Atonu Rabbani, Christopher Woodruff
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Project
Assessment of the Myanmar garment sector
Improving trade performance and international competitiveness requires both ease of doing business, with regulation a key factor, and also information for governments and firms to make strategic policy decisions. In this project, researchers digitised the import licensing system for garment factories in Myanmar. This new system was rolled out to 350 factories...
14 Mar 2016 | Rocco Macchiavello, Christopher Woodruff
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Publication - Project Memo
Gender empowerment and productivity in the garment sector (Project Memo)
9 Feb 2016 | Christopher Woodruff, Rocco Macchiavello
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Publication - Project Memo
Fully washed coffee exports in Rwanda: Market structure and policy implications (Project Memo)
9 Feb 2016 | Rocco Macchiavello, Ameet Morjaria
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Project
A comparative analysis of the coffee value chain
The vast majority of the world’s poor are employed in agriculture (see, e.g., World Bank (2008)). Promoting exports of agricultural products and linking farmers to global markets, therefore, has the potential to reduce poverty. At the same time, it is argued by many that market imperfections along agricultural value chains and unfair conditions in global market prevent...
2 Oct 2015 | Arthur Blouin, Rocco Macchiavello, Pepita Miquel Florensa, Ameet Morjaria
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Project
Gender empowerment and productivity in the garment sector
Within Bangladesh’s garment sector, women make up 80% of workers but less than 10% of managers. Researchers piloted a study that provided training to employees and evaluated their rates of promotion and performance as managers. They found female trainees are as or more effective managers than the male trainees, but promotion rates for the female trainees...
17 Mar 2015 | Christopher Woodruff, Rocco Macchiavello, Andreas Menzel, Farria Naeem
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Publication - Project Memo
Coffee Washing Stations in Rwanda (Project Memo)
18 Feb 2015 | Rocco Macchiavello, Ameet Morjaria
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Project
Fully washed coffee exports in Rwanda: Market structure and policy implications
By doubling the proportion of coffee exported as fully washed, Rwanda could increase coffee exports by 10-20% The study surveyed farmers and washing station owners, to understand constraints to the washed coffee sector The researchers suggested a system of value chain financing to relieve finance constraints The paper informed the revision of the...
18 Feb 2015 | Rocco Macchiavello, Ameet Morjaria
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Publication - Project Memo
Measuring Productivity in Multi-Product Firms: Comparing Ready-Made Garments Across IGC Countries (Project Memo)
17 Nov 2014 | Christopher Woodruff, Rocco Macchiavello
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Publication - Working Paper
Development Blossoming: Industrial Policy and Flower Exports in Ethiopia (Working Paper)
9 Oct 2014 | Rocco Macchiavello, Ameet Morjaria
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Project
Measuring productivity in multi-product firms
New IGC study will collect data on productivity in ready-made garment factories across the world Information will be compared against international standards to accurately compare factories in ten countries (including five IGC partner countries) Will be the most comprehensive data ever collected Sustained increases in income are not possible without...
4 Sep 2014 | Christopher Woodruff, Rocco Macchiavello
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Project
Understanding productivity in the Pakistani garment sector: Comparisons with Bangladesh
Textiles account for over half of Pakistan’s exports, with knitted and sewn products more than half of the textile exports. Data from the Ministry of Commerce indicate that exports of RMG and knitwear products increased by 12% and 6%, respectively, between FY 2012 and FY 2013. Pakistan faces an opportunity in these sectors as increasing wage rates in China lead buyers...
4 Sep 2014 | Christopher Woodruff, Rocco Macchiavello, Theresa Chaudhry, Azam Chaudhry
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Project
Managing Shocks: Worker’s Well-being and Firm Productivity in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector
We examine the interaction between worker well being and productivity in the ready-made garment sector in Bangladesh. A central characteristic of manufacturing in low-income countries is the need to adjust to continued and varied shocks. These shocks cause output to fall behind the production plan, leading to pressure to increase output and stress in factories. Individual...
1 Jan 2014 | Christopher Woodruff, Rocco Macchiavello, Atonu Rabbani, Anik Ashraf, Paula Lopez-Pena
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Publication - Policy Brief
Development Blossoming: Industrial Policy and Flower Exports in Ethiopia (Policy Brief)
1 Feb 2012 | Rocco Macchiavello, Ameet Morjaria
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Project
Value Chain Upgrading, Management and Productivity: Evidence from Bangladesh Woven and Knitwear Sectors
In recent years the Bangladesh knitwear sector has witnessed extremely rapid growth. The volume of exports, however, is currently very concentrated in a handful of products and destination markets. Given Bangladesh’s increasing export experience and increases in wages in the sector in China (the world’s largest garment exporter) there is an opportunity for the sector to...
1 Nov 2010 | Christopher Woodruff, Kazi Iqbal, Rocco Macchiavello, Khairuzzaman Mozumder
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Project
Development Blossoming: Industrial Policy and the Evolution of the Kenyan and Ethiopian Floriculture Export
The non-traditional agricultural exports (NTAE) sector offers African countries an opportunity to diversify export earnings away from the traditional agriculture exports (TAE) sector, further stimulating job creation for the low educated and asset-poor in rural areas, especially women. It is generally accepted that the private sector should take a lead in developing the...
1 Feb 2010 | Rocco Macchiavello, Ameet Morjaria