Published on the ILO website In recent decades, the global economy has experienced a profound transformation due to trade integration and technological progress as well as important political changes. This transformation has been accompanied by significant positive effects at the ...

Published in the Dhaka Tribune on July 7, 2017 Ibrahim Hossain Ovi Bangladesh’s export earnings from the apparel industry, the lifeline of foreign currency earners, have seen only a 0.20% rise to $28.15 billion, which is the lowest on record ...

Published in the Financial Express on July 7, 2017 Monira Munni Export earnings from merchandise products maintained a sluggish growth in the just-concluded fiscal year (FY) 2016-17 with the receipts for the month of June registering a negative growth. Exporters ...

Companies and global unions have agreed on a 2nd Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh (“Accord”). The agreement will enter into effect when the current Accord expires in May 2018. According to press release of Accord, several companies ...

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   Labour rights groups call for expanding Accord inspections to boilers ...

Published in the Financial Express on July 5, 2017 A number of labour rights groups have called for garment factory safety body Accord to expand its inspections to cover boilers following the Multifabs explosion that killed 13. The disaster showed ...

Published on the Frontera on 4, July 2017 The readymade garment (RMG) industry forms the backbone of export and economic growth in Bangladesh. The country is second largest garments exporter in the world behind China. However, even with ultra-low wages, ...

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 Italian investors keen to invest in Bangladesh: BEZA A group of ...

Published on the ILO website The 5th Conference of the Regulating for Decent Work Network will gather leading academics at the Headquarters of the ILO, from 3 to 5 of July 2017, to discuss key dimensions of the future of ...

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 Accord’s extension unexpected: Tofail The extension of the Accord on Fire ...