Tag Archives: Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)

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 ...

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 ...

Since the last revision of RMG minimum wages, workers’ living expenses have increased by 85%. Non-food consumption of workers increased significantly compared to their expenses on food.

Management performance of RMG enterprises is strongly influenced by factors like group subsidiary of companies, recruitment of foreign staff and level of academic qualification of general managers.

Sluggish private investment, rise of capital intensive sector and adoption of advanced technologies are three key reasons behind this, experts and analysts said.

Looming global trade war may affect Bangladesh’s economy and trade particularly exports as the US administration under president Donald Trump is planning to impose additional tariffs on apparel imports.

CPD RMG Study explores the role played by foreign professionals in Bangladesh RMG industry

Mahmooda Sultana, born at Ishwardi in Rajshahi, made the headlines recently after she received the prestigious IRAD Innovator of the Year award from NASA.

There is an indication that a sizable share of RMG enterprises are likely to be situated at a level where they could either survive or they could become ‘uncompetitive’.