Corporate Accountability on Labour and Human Rights Case of Financial Stimulus Package Funds Corporate accountability of the apparel sector enterprises of Bangladesh can be scrutinised based on their actions/inactions during COVID-19. The export-oriented apparel sector of Bangladesh has received various ...

CPD-FES Publication Industrial Safety in the RMG Sector in the Post-Accord-Alliance Era Is the Institutionalisation Process Slowing Down? Industrial safety in the readymade garments (RMG) sector has been passing a critical phase with a lack of proper coordination, monitoring and ...

EU’s EBA & Prospect of GSP+ for Bangladesh Addressing challenges related to Labour Laws and Rights Over the past few years, Bangladesh has surpassed several milestones in terms of economic development: Bangladesh entered into the SDG era in 2015 after ...

Vulnerability, Resilience and Recovery in Readymade Garment (RMG) Enterprises of Bangladesh An Assessment of Impact and Implications of the COVID Pandemic The export-oriented apparels sector of Bangladesh has been struggling to recover from the COVID-19 related challenges. After the dip in ...

Authors: Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Fahmida Khatun, Tamim Ahmed, Kithmina Hewage and Anjana Pathirana The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a major disruption to the global apparel value chain and has delayed its recovery in the medium term. Innovative strategies and tools ...

Corporate accountability is the accountability of corporations for the economic, social and environmental impacts of their activity. Corporate accountability encompasses responsibility and responsiveness, meaningful stakeholder processes including various governance, monitoring, compliance and grievance mechanisms and transparency. Government, civil society, labour ...

CPD Working Paper 129 New Minimum Wage of the RMG Sector Addressing the Issues of Non-Compliance in Implementation The announcement of new minimum wages for the export-oriented readymade garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh in August 2018 had exposed a number ...