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19 October 2022

Bangladesh's BEPZA registers 30.41% growth in exports in FY 2021-22

Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) has announced a significant rise in all indicators i.e. exports, investment, and employment in the recently ended fiscal (FY) 2021-22. Exports soared 30.41 per cent and investment increased over 20 per cent compared to the achievement of the previous year, which is an all-time high growth since the past 40 years. [Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority - BEPZA]

13 October 2022

Social Contract Under Pressure

Four billion people have no social protection, according to the International Labor Organization. The ILO’s director-general, Gilbert Houngbo, told panelists at an IMF seminar that four times as many jobs were lost during the COVID-19 pandemic as the global financial crisis, “placing additional pressures on already stretched and indebted households.”

10 October 2022

Retailer crisis impacts workers

This article of @voguebusiness explains that retailers are busy right-sizing their inventory. That doesn’t bode well for garment workers, who may be even more vulnerable amid rising prices and stagnant wages than they were early in the pandemic. [Retailers, facing an inventory crisis, are cancelling orders again – Vogue]

04 October 2022

Kenya: State Program to increase productivity and create more jobs in the Textile and Leather sector

Kenya’s textile and leather sectors are expected to register increased productivity as the government embarks on implementing new reforms and increasing resources in a fresh bid to boost production and create job opportunities. State targets textile, leather industries to create more jobs ... - Kenya News Agency]

23 September 2022

In the US, pandemic unemployment fraud estimate rises to $45.6 billion

A federal watchdog tripled its earlier estimate of benefits that the U.S. government paid to people who weren’t entitled to them. [Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Estimate Rises to $45.6 Billion – NYT]

19 September 2022

"Quiet Quitting": Global Economy Loses Trillions of Dollars due to Low Worker Engagement

A less maniacal approach to one's profession and a greater regard for life outside of work is emerging under the name of "quiet quitting". The Guardian wrote that quiet quitting advocates reject the culture of the lust for work and limit themselves to performing only the tasks required of them. The trend is confirmed by a Gallup report. [here the report]

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