How can you make a difference to poverty in Bangladesh? The garment industry is vital to Bangladeshs economy. The $20 billion industry generates 80 per cent of the countrys export earnings, and employs more than 4 million workers, many of them women, most of them poor, and with few other employment prospects. The industry has been vital in lifting millions from poverty but faces increasing pressure from international buyers because of dangerous working conditions, regular industrial calamities, non-existent or corrupt regulation, and industry recalcitrance in fixing systemic problems. abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2013/s3787989.htm Read more: theage.au/world/bangladesh-garment-factory-warned-of-danger-before-fatal-fire-20140104-30ay9.html#ixzz2pTKi7pdB
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 23:00:00 +0000
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