Here’s an overview of Gifts-in-Kind on wikipedia. Here’s some of our favorite resources regarding donating used clothes specifically:

ARTICLES

• The Best Thing You Can Do is Not Buy More Stuff by Sam Briger and Seth Kelley (NPR)
• Impact of Second-Hand Clothing Trade on Developing Countries by Sally Baden and Catherine Barber (Oxfam)
• Riches from Rags or Persistent Poverty? by Andrew Brooks
• Stretching Global Production Networks: The international Second-hand Clothing Trade by Andrew Brooks
• Trade Theory versus Used Clothes by Carter Dougherty (New York Times)
• The Hidden Trade in Our Second-hand Clothes Given to Charity by Andrew Brooks (Guardian)
• For Dignity and Development, East Africa Curbs Clothes Imports by Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura (New York Times)
• For sale — cheap: ‘Dead white men’s clothing’ by Davan Maharaj (LA Times)
• Lessons from Thriving Second-Hand Clothing Businesses for Kenya’s Fashion Industry by Beatrice E. Imo and Rael C. Maiyo
• Used?Clothing Donations and Apparel Production in Africa by Garth Frazer (The Economic Journal)
  

BLOGS

• What I Learned About My Donated Stuff After I Got a Facebook Message From Tunisia by Daniele Selby (Global Citizen)
• Can “Made in Africa” Mend a Textile Industry Dominated by Throwaways by Julian Hattem (BRIGT Magazine)
  

VIDEOS

This is not a comprehensive list. It’s one that includes resources that we have had the time to review and recommend. If you have others that you would recommend, please Contact Us. We would love to know what else is out there!