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A helping hand? : eliminating child labor in Bangladesh's garment industry / Deborah Elms.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: [London] : SAGE, 2016Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
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ISBN:
  • 9781473968530 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 337 23
Online resources: Few in the West would say that children, especially those as young as 8, should be working in factories for up to 20 hours per day. But the sudden imposition and enforcement of child labour laws prohibiting children from earning wages in Bangladesh's garment industry cost more than 50,000 children their jobs. This case study reviews what happens when an apparently 'good' idea in one country comes with serious consequences for real-world participants on the other side of the globe.
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Originally Published in: Elms, D. (2007). A Helping Hand? Eliminating Child Labor in Bangladesh's Garment Industry. Case 315. Washington, DC: Georgetown Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.

Few in the West would say that children, especially those as young as 8, should be working in factories for up to 20 hours per day. But the sudden imposition and enforcement of child labour laws prohibiting children from earning wages in Bangladesh's garment industry cost more than 50,000 children their jobs. This case study reviews what happens when an apparently 'good' idea in one country comes with serious consequences for real-world participants on the other side of the globe.

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