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by mrkeen 36 days ago
My last impression of Bangladesh was the fire accord stuff, i.e. build emergency exits and get garment factory owners to stop locking their workers inside since they keep going up in flames.

Maybe they've grown. Is Bangladesh at the stage where they outsource labour to other countries yet?
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andsoitis 36 days ago
Bangladesh's Human Development Index (HDI) has shown a consistent upward trend, reaching 0.685 in the 2023/2024 report, ranking 130th out of 193 countries. It remains in the "Medium Human Development" category, marking a 72.5% increase in HDI value since 1990 due to significant improvements in life expectancy, education, and GNI per capita.

https://data.undp.org/countries-and-territories/BGD

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mrkeen 36 days ago
What does that have to do with exploitation?
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andrepd 36 days ago
Wow, in 36 years of scientific and technological progress, life expectancy went up and so did raw economic output?

Again, what does that have to do with exploitation?

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