In an effort to find out the changes taking place in the Bangladesh readymade garment (RMG) sector after the infamous Rana Plaza building collapse as well as highlighting how better compliance and their implications for cost and competitiveness are bringing changes at the enterprise-level in the RMG sector, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has reportedly decided to conduct a study.
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The CPD made an announcement about the study titled “New Dynamics in Bangladesh’s Apparel Enterprises: Perspectives on Restructuring, Upgradation and Compliance Assurance” at a programme held in Dhaka recently.
The two-year-long study, which will be prepared based on the information generated through extensive enterprise-level survey, focus group discussions with workers and entrepreneurs and expert group meetings, would include representatives from the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA), experts, activists, International Labour Organisation (ILO) and other stakeholder groups, who all will participate in conducting the study.
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A statement issued by CPD in this regard underlined that the study will come up with a set of recommendations towards future development of the apparel sector as a compliant, highly competitive, gender-sensitive, productivity-driven and decent labour promoting industry.
Established by Rehman Sobhan in 1993 (the Founder Chairman), CPD – which strives to bridge the gap between empirical research and policy advocacy through a sustained effort in public policy analyses – is one of Bangladesh’s premier civil society think-tank.
