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Social Impact of the Growth of Garment Industry in Bangladesh

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  • Zohir, Salma Chaudhuri

    (Former Senior Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).)

Abstract

This paper analyzes the data from two BIDS surveys of readymade garment (RMG) industry workers conducted in 1990 and 1997. The paper compared not only men and women workers in the garment industry over time but also makes comparison between workers engaged in the RMG units located in EPZ and non- EPZ areas. The findings in this paper suggest that employment in the garment industry has definitely empowered women, increased their mobility and expanded their individual choice. But this they have achieved at the cost of their health and increased risk of harassment. Hence, the process is complex, and there is both decomposition and recomposition ofwomen's subordination through employment in the garment industry. The analysis in this paper suggests that on the whole there has been improvement in worker's well-being over the period 1990-97. The improvement in the worker's well-being will be sustained in future if proper policy supports are extended to the garment industry and its workers. The main challenge lies in meeting the phasing out of MFA in 2005. The paper suggests some measure, which needs to be undertaken on an urgent basis.

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  • Zohir, Salma Chaudhuri, 2001. "Social Impact of the Growth of Garment Industry in Bangladesh," Bangladesh Development Studies, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), vol. 27(4), pages 41-80, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:badest:0424
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    Cited by:

    1. Carlson, Laura A. & Bitsch, Vera, 2018. "Social sustainability in the ready-made-garment sector in Bangladesh: an institutional approach to supply chains," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, vol. 21(2), March.
    2. Goutam Saha & Benazir Ishaque, 2022. "Predicting Green Purchase Behavior: An Empirical Study Using Theory of Reasoned Action," International Journal of Science and Business, IJSAB International, vol. 12(1), pages 45-57.
    3. Hossain, Mohammad A. & Tisdell, Clement A. & Ayon, Tonmoyee Hasan, 2012. "Does Workforce Participation Empower Women? Micro-Level Evidence from Urban Bangladesh," Bangladesh Development Studies, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), vol. 35(3), pages 51-78, September.
    4. Massa, Isabella, 2015. "Technological change in developing countries: Trade-offs between economic, social, and environmental sustainability," MERIT Working Papers 2015-051, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
    5. Ahmed, Faisal Z. & Greenleaf, Anne & Sacks, Audrey, 2014. "The Paradox of Export Growth in Areas of Weak Governance: The Case of the Ready Made Garment Sector in Bangladesh," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 258-271.

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    Keywords

    Working women; Employment; Men; Development studies; Survey data; Diseases; Wages Clothing;
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    JEL classification:

    • A10 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - General

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