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Published on the ILO website  Until recently, there were no financial products specifically available to the RMG sector for remediation. Factory owners faced a long bureaucratic loan application process and could only accept available term loans with high interest rates. ...

A number of prominent global apparel retailers have gone bankrupt in the recent years. The trend started in 2016 and it continues in 2017. Many are planning to shut down their outlets. There is a decreased demands of apparel products ...

Published on the ILO website A research conducted by International Labour Organisation indicates that automation and robotics will have the largest impact on jobs in the industry throughout the region. The report said that robots are becoming better at assembly, cheaper ...

The 2017 Fashion Industry Benchmarking Study reveals that overall, respondents are cautious about expanding sourcing from Bangladesh in the next two years, with only 32 percent expecting to somewhat increase sourcing from Bangladesh, and none expecting to substantially increase sourcing ...

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 ...

Published on the ILO website Competition among global garment buyers across the region is therefore motivated not just by the drive to expand export market share and economic growth but also by the potential to create jobs. The key, however, ...

Published on the ILO website This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of how trade and trade policies shape job creation and destruction across countries in the context of a globally fragmented production, by considering manufacturing and services ...

Bangladesh’s garments and some other manufacturing and service sectors have become globally competitive over the last three decades. Though there were many up-gradations in terms of technology and trade within these industries, wage fixing institutions such as minimum wage and ...

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 on the ILO website Addressing decent work deficits is a necessary condition for ending poverty in all its forms. One year on from the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which established SDG1: “End poverty in all ...