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Alessandra Mezzadri

Reader in Global Development and Political Economy, SOAS University of London
Alessandra Mezzadri

Alessandra Mezzadri is Reader in Global Development and Political Economy, SOAS, University of London.

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Handloom Livelihoods / Women of the Loom / II Feature
By returning more of a product's value to its maker, the revival model roughly doubled artisan incomes within two years and drew younger women toward the loom.

Saving a Handmade Textile Means Rebuilding the Buyers Who Once Prized It

  • Subir Ghosh

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Handloom Livelihoods / Women of the Loom / III Feature
Recognition has reached the women who weave and stitch, yet the earnings attached to their work have barely followed, leaving admiration and income moving at very different speeds.

Slow Fashion Sells the Story but the Weaver Sees Little Money

  • Richa Bansal

12 August 2026
 
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Waste Crisis / Smart Clothes Commentary
The convergence of textile and electronic waste streams creates a category of refuse that neither industry can process cleanly, exposing gaps in regulation, disposal and material recovery.

The Coming Age of Smart Garments Demands a New Waste Doctrine

  • Ian Williams
  • Christina Webb
  • Stephen Beeby

26 August 2026
Chemical Usage / Wardrobe Issues Commentary
The environmental cost of a garment begins long before purchase and continues long after it leaves the wardrobe, shaped invisibly by chemistry the wearer never sees.

Behind the Label Lies a Longer and Stranger Chemical Story

  • Jane Wood
  • Charlotte Barras
  • Elena Probert

26 August 2026
 
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Argentina Crisis / Trade Effects Commentary
The tariff cut that lowered clothing prices for urban consumers registered very differently in smaller cities where textile manufacturing was the primary source of formal employment.

Milei Effect: Eighteen Thousand Jobs Later, Argentina's Textile Crisis Has No Floor

  • Subir Ghosh

4 March 2026
World Trade / India Prospects Analysis
India has recently fast-tracked the process of negotiating and signing trade agreements.

India’s Trade Negotiating Strategies and Options in the Textiles and Apparel Sector

  • Arpita Mukherjee
  • Sagarika Sengupta

5 July 2022
 
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