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Garment shipments from Bangladesh to its major Asian markets—India, China and Japan—are rising by the day thanks to competitive prices the country offers and spiralling production cost in China.

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. World Bank predicts 3.1pc global economy growth in 2018 The World ...

For Bangladesh 2017 has been a mixed year of achievements and challenges. Though some macro indicators reflect the positive trends, the overall strength of the economy is weakening due to a number of developments toward the second half of the year.

Despite an impressive growth of our Gross Domestic Product over two decades, the contribution of exports to GDP remains disappointing low, and is on a declining trend for a few years now.

Experts and trade leaders on Thursday demanded the same facilities including bonded warehouse scheme the readymade garment sector now enjoy for all other sectors to facilitate export diversification and boost economic growth of the country.

Over the last few years, Bangladesh economy has been experiencing a number of interesting changes which would have far-reaching impact on country's long term economic growth.

Manufacturing will continue to be an integral part of securing a better economic future for Bangladesh. According to the World Bank, manufacturing contributed 28.6 per cent to the GDP (gross domestic product) in 2016, accounting for 13 per cent of the total employment.

Roughly half the world’s population still lives on the equivalent of about US$2 a day. And in too many places, having a job doesn’t guarantee the ability to escape from poverty. A continued lack of decent work opportunities, insufficient investments ...

Studies on Growth with Equity The report analyses the country’s economic growth driven by its ready-made garment (RMG) sector and contains recommendations to make this growth more sustainable and improve working conditions in Bangladesh. It is often argued that the ...