A Tale of an Emerging Economy: The Garment Industry and Economic Growth in Bangladesh
摘要
Let’s begin by visualizing this scenario: in a Bangladeshi village, in the 1970s or 1980s, a woman is going through a very risky and uncertain process of childbirth while relying on local knowledge and some traditional methods and procedures. The infant mortality rate and deaths related to childbirth in this woman’s country are among the highest in the world.