All posts in Bangladesh
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Statistical Briefs
Home-Based Workers in Bangladesh: Statistics and Trends
This brief presents estimates of home-based workers in Bangladesh based on two rounds of labour force surveys (nationally representative...
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Policy Briefs
Housing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country Study
This policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of...
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Journal Articles
One Step Forward or More Window Dressing? A Legal Analysis of Recent CSR Initiatives in the Garment Industry in BangladeshInternational Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations
Abstract: The Bangladesh ready-made garment industry has recently been the scene of a number of major accidents, with the collapse of the...
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Books & Book Chapters
Chains of Fortune: Linking Women Producers and Workers with Global Markets
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Working Papers
Informality in South Asia: A Review
This paper seeks to explore the diversity of the informal economy across five countries in South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan,...
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Policy/Position Documents
Decent Work for Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains Platform of Demands
Advocacy MaterialThousands of homeworkers contributed, directly or indirectly, to the demands contained in this Platform.
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Project Reports
Technology and the Future of Work: Experiences of informal waste workers and street vendors in Dhaka, Lima, and Nairobi
“Through a year-long project supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, Practical Action and WIEGO (Women in Informal ...
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Audiovisual Materials
VIDEO: Bangladesh leather industry exposes workers to toxic hazards
From PBS NewsHour: “Rotting animal hides and toxic chemicals. That’s the stench emanating from a neighborhood in Bangladesh’s...
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Audiovisual Materials
Promotion of Decent Work for Homebased Workers
With a vision of improving living standards and securing workplace rights, decent work environments, living wages, and fostering social dialogue...
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Organization
Labour at Informal Economy (LIE)
Labour at Informal Economy (LIE) is a membership-based organization that represents 2,865 workers who work as street vendors, waste pickers,...
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