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Maersk builds LatAm “reefer” factory
Getting Chile’s salmon, Ecuador’s bananas and Peru’s asparagus to market poses a huge logistical problem. All of the refrigerated containers needed to transport such produce from Latin America are...
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Guest post: the Bangladesh fire is a wake-up call on prices
By Ifty Islam of Asian Tiger Capital Partners The fire and tragic loss of 112 workers in the Tazreen Factory on November 24 in Ashulia, the hub of Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry, has...
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Guest post: after the Rana Plaza disaster, Bangladesh needs independent,...
By Ifty Islam of Asian Tiger Capital Partners The collapse of Rana Plaza, the eight-storey building housing garment factories in Savar, near Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, has seen more than 300...
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Disney’s withdrawal from Bangladesh
Last week’s tragedy at a nine-storey factory complex in Bangladesh has sparked a long-overdue debate on outsourcing to low-wage workers in precarious conditions and what action multinationals should...
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Guest post: after Rana Plaza, let’s stop passing the buck over building...
By Qazi Arif of Envision Architects Nearly two weeks have passed since the disaster at Rana Plaza in Savar, Dhaka, which is considered to be the deadliest garment-factory accident in history, and the...
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