The Impact of COVID-19 on the Lives of Garment Workers in Central Bangladesh

Atonu Rabbani, Hannah Uckat and Christopher Woodruff

No 2021-06, CSAE Working Paper Series from Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford

Abstract: This paper assesses the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on garment workers in factories in Gazipur and North Dhaka, Bangladesh, using a sample of 1,587 individuals working in the sector at the start of the pandemic and another 381 individuals who previously worked in the sector. Using telephone surveys, we assess key outcomes in employment, health, income, and consumption. The survey will be repeated annually for a period of at least one year to trace the longer-term impacts of the pandemic on workers from the sector.

Date: 2021
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