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1. 1. Exploring Gender Perceptions Among Textile Workers in Bangladesh – A Case Study on a WaterAid WASH Initiative

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Nora Burgess; [2023]
   Keywords : water; sanitation; and hygiene WASH ; Menstrual Health Management; Ready-made Garment RMG Industry; Textile Workers; Bangladesh; Gender; WaterAid; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study focuses on addressing the development challenge of inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities in the ready-made garments (RMG) industry factories in Bangladesh. The importance of studying this challenge lies in its direct impact on workers' health, well-being, productivity, and overall socio-economic development. READ MORE

3. 2. The red thread

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Ellen Nordmark; [2023]
   Keywords : Economic History; Development; Economic development; South Asia; Bangladesh; Dhaka; Garments industry; Garment workers; Narrative economics; Narrative analysis; Subaltern studies; Development as Freedom; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Economic development narratives have traditionally been written by academics and policy-makers, for academics and policy-makers. So too the story of Bangladeshi development: a story of alternately success and hardship. READ MORE

4. 3. A Must or a Will? A study of the motives behind fashion retailers’ engagement in welfare projects in Bangladesh

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Iris Ekman; Karin Lindqvist; [2022-02-16]
   Keywords : Fashion industry; CSR; welfare projects; push factors; pull factors;

   Abstract : Fashion retailers operate in an industry characterized by outsourced production in countries with poor living and working conditions. The low control that consequently follows, is a challenge for fashion retailers to handle. In the past decade, awareness of the prevailing circumstances in the production countries has increased. READ MORE

5. 4. Internationalization challenges of the SMEs: : a case study of Three Bangladesh Ready-madegarment companies

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU

   Author : Aminur Rahman; Md. Eamin Ahmed; [2022]
   Keywords : Internationalization; Bangladesh RMG; SMEs; Challenges;

   Abstract : Ready-made garment (RMG) industry is the biggest and most importantindustry of Bangladesh with the highest overall export earnings and foreigncurrency earnings in the country. And international market is the biggestexporting destination for Bangladesh RMG industry. However, the overallcondition of this sector does not look well recently. READ MORE

6. 5. The distribution of value-added in the fashion industry across countries: The case of the Swedish and Bangladesh ready-made garments sector

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Giulia Tegas; [2022]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; sustainability accounting; international supply chain; value-added distribution; stakeholders; fast fashion; wealth; inequality;

   Abstract : The thesis analyses the trend of value-added distribution over a span of 10 years, from 2011 to 2021, in the international supply chain of fast fashion products between manufacturers in Bangladesh and multinational fast fashion retailers in Sweden. Bangladesh has grown economically thanks to its ready-made garment sector and favorable policies for businesses and foreign investments. READ MORE