Abstract
The Bangladeshi garment industry is a result of a trade quota system that enabled a degree of economic growth, and also implies questionable social and environmental costs. To further explain the phenomenon of the Bangladeshi garment industry arousal as one of the leading ready garment manufacturers in the world, we will describe what conditions helped them to obtain the role they perform, and associated profitability in the global production network. Further, we will portray the evolution of the exports and its significance for economic growth. We will unveil some global criticisms to the fast fashion production under the lenses of expected sustainability, to finalize describing the general supply management challenges that commonly organizations face to implement successful changes.
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Walking around Dhaka to learn from the Bangladeshi garment industry was possible thanks to the Müller-Fahnenbergplatz Foundation, that allowed data collection in the field, and the help and warming help from all my Bangladeshi friends that guided me and opened the doors for this research: Khalid Khan, Saamera Zaman, Protyasha Prachurja and Mahbub Rubel. Professors’ contribution Benno Pokorny from Freiburg University, Raquib Ahmed from Rajshahi University, and Gregor Falk from PH Freiburg was determinant to keep me motivated to continue researching on the branches of sustainable development. Ferdinand Peters is as always my backbone of encouragement and love. Thanks to all of you.
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Costa, M.G., Falk, G.C. (2023). Garment Industries: Its Impact on Economic Growth and Prevailing Challenges Towards Sustainability. In: Ahmed, R., Al-Maruf, A., Jenkins, J.C. (eds) Transforming Bangladesh. World Regional Geography Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45093-8_11
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