Compliance Versus Accountability: Struggles for Dignity and Daily Bread in the Bangladesh Garment Industry

Simeen Mahmud and Naila Kabeer
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Simeen Mahmud: Former Research Director of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka
Naila Kabeer: Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University, U

Bangladesh Development Studies, 2003, vol. 29, issue 3-4, 21-46

Abstract: The women workers in the Bangladesh garment industry have had more public attention to their rights than any group of workers in the entire history of the country. (Journalist, Development Research Centre (DRC) Inception Workshop on Inclusive Citizenship, Bangladesh, 2001). I believe that the ‘‘culture of compliance’’ is far ahead in the garment manufacturing sector and changes in the RMG [ready-made garments] sector are dramatic compared to other sectors. (Director, Labor Department, Bangladesh, 2004).

Keywords: Clothing; Labor unions; Working women; Employment Development studies; Ethical codes; South Asian culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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