How the textile industry can help countries recover from COVID-19

How the textile industry can help countries recover from COVID-19

The textiles and apparel sector can create jobs and spur further industrialization in countries recovering from COVID-19.

To make the most of this opportunity, however, countries will need to embrace new partnerships and approaches.



The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented public health crisis that has exerted an external shock on the global economy. Despite this contraction, the textile and apparel industry could be a key engine for growth and employment in certain countries.

The textile and apparel opportunity

Countries building back after COVID-19 should not ignore the textile and apparel industry; it is considered a starter sector in the road to industrialization. When the industry expands, it provides a base on which to build capital for more technologically demanding industries. In fact, the textiles and apparel sector can be