January 30, 2022 As the country is moving forward to expedite economic growth and is getting more integrated with the global market, it is also bringing challenges along which include—the need to adhere to international labour laws and ensuring safety ...
Read More »Corporate Accountability Practices in the RMG Sector Could Ensure Workers’ Well-being during the COVID Pandemic Period
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 ...
Read More »CPD-RMG Study 2018 concluded with recommendations for sustainability of the RMG sector
Long-term sustainability, strengthened participation in global value chain and enhanced competitiveness of Bangladesh’s export-oriented RMG sector must be ensured. These were some of the findings presented at a day-long conference on “Transformation in the RMG Sector in Post-Rana Plaza Period: ...
Read More »Minimum wage should be set to ensure decent living of RMG workers
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.
Read More »Group subsidiary, foreign staff and GM qualification influence factory management
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.
Read More »CPD study stresses the need for balanced level of upgradation in RMG Sector
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’.
Read More »বস্ত্র খাতের ৩ দশকের উন্নতি পাট খাতে হবে ৫ বছরে: পাট প্রতিমন্ত্রী
বেসরকারিকরণের নামে ৫০ কোটি টাকা মূল্যের পাটকল ৫ কোটি টাকায় বিক্রি করা হয়। ওই টাকাও পাওয়া যায়নি। পাটকলের জায়গায় যে গাছপালা ছিল- তা বিক্রি করে দেওয়া হয়। গাছপালার দামও বিক্রির টাকার চেয়ে বেশি ছিল।
Read More »CPD – RMG Study Prepared a Comprehensive Database of Export-oriented RMG Enterprises
CPD-RMG Study has gathered major databases related to export-oriented RMG enterprises from different public and private institutions and prepared a comprehensive database. This database is referred to as ‘Master Dataset’ which will provide the idea of ‘population universe’ of ...
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