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ILO to launch new report on Bangladesh

The International Labour Organization (ILO) will launch a new report Bangladesh: Seeking better employment conditions for better socioeconomic outcomes on Monday 18 November.

Media advisory | 13 November 2013
GENEVA – The International Labour Organization (ILO) will launch a new report Bangladesh: Seeking better employment conditions for better socioeconomic outcomes on Monday 18 November.

The report analyses the country’s economic growth driven by its ready-made garment (RMG) sector and contains recommendations to make this growth more sustainable and improve working conditions in Bangladesh.

It follows the launch of a major programme by the ILO and the Government of Bangladesh to improve working conditions in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh on 22 October.

A press briefing on the report and progress in improving working conditions in the RMG sector in Bangladesh will be held on Monday, 18 November, at 14.00 p.m. (Geneva time) in press room 1 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

The report and all related material are under strict embargo till Monday, 18 November, 22.00 GMT.

For more information, please contact ILO spokesperson Hans von Rohland at +4179/593-1321.