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Bangladesh: Looking Beyond Garments - Employment Diagnostic Study

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This study highlights the role played by growing female workforce in the positive economic turnaround in Bangladesh. It is now essential to shift workers to more highly productive sectors through structural transformations.

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  • Asian Bank, 2017. "Bangladesh: Looking Beyond Garments - Employment Diagnostic Study," Working Papers id:11767, eSocialSciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:11767
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