Published in the New Age on 25, July 2017 The potential of export to non-traditional markets has remained untapped for lack of preparation on the part of the government and the exporters and diversification of products. Despite huge potential to ...

Published in the Financial Express on 24, July 2017 Despite a recent move by the European Union to restore Sri Lanka to its highly favorable Generalized System of Preferences Plus programme, the country will find it hard to catch up ...

Every day, CPD RMG Study team reveals what’s on our economic and apparel radar and curates a selection of the best reports, opinion, and analysis you may have missed Almost 90% of Bangladesh’s workers are unskilled The government will have ...

Published in the Financial Express on 24, July 2017 An acute skill gap haunts Bangladesh’s labour market and the situation may worsen further unless innovative supply-side approaches can be pursued, an official study reveals. “The supply institutions are weak — ...

Bangladesh and other apparel sourcing countries have made significant progress in the apparel value chain in the last few decades. However, social up-gradation remains weak in the supplying countries. A study conducted by Dr Khondaker G Moazzem and Kishore K ...

Every day, CPD RMG Study team reveals what’s on our economic and apparel radar and curates a selection of the best reports, opinion, and analysis you may have missed   India brings no cheer to garment exporters Garment exports to ...

Published in the Daily Star on 24, July 2017 Garment exports to India declined in fiscal 2016-17 thanks to 12.5 percent countervailing duty by the neighbour, which negates the benefit of duty-free access, and the emergence of its own apparel ...

Published in the Dhaka Tribune on July 23, 2017 Ibrahim Hossain Ovi Speaking to the Dhaka Tribune’s Ibrahim Hossain Ovi, Chief Economist for South Asia Region of the World Bank Martin Rama discusses Dhaka’s unique opportunity to transform itself by ...

Every day, CPD RMG Study team reveals what’s on our economic and apparel radar and curates a selection of the best reports, opinion, and analysis you may have missed   RMG owners compensate 984 terminated workers Six readymade garment factory ...

Published on the Prothom Alo on 22, July 2017 Six readymade garment factory owners have compensated some 984 terminated workers and withdrawn criminal cases filed against them following negotiations and conditions set by buyers, according to IndustriALL, a global union. ...