by Zubayer Hossen | Sep 2, 2025 | Environment and Climate Change, Sustainable Development Goals
The ready-made garment industry is more than numbers on an export chart for Bangladesh. It is the story of millions of women who leave their houses each morning to work in the factories that stitch the clothes worn across the world. It is the engine that has powered...
by Sunera Saba Khan | Mar 16, 2020 | Trade and Regional Integration
The growth of the country’s readymade garments (RMG) sector has been rather insignificant during 2016-17 and 2017-18 fiscal years as it grew by 0.2 percent and 8.7 percent respectively. However, the growth rate picked up the following year, thanks to a...
by Selim Raihan | Jun 11, 2015 | Macroeconomy and Economic Growth
Manufacturing is now an overwhelmingly salient component of Bangladesh’s export composition, thanks largely to the rapid expansion of the garment industry. From a small base of only around US$ 32 million in 1984, garment exports have grown to around US$ 25 billion by...
by Selim Raihan | May 9, 2015 | Macroeconomy and Economic Growth, Migration and Labor Market
The Bangladesh economy has witnessed significant structural changes over the last four decades. The share of agriculture in GDP has declined while the relative significance of industry and services sectors has increased substantially. Over the past two decades or so,...
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