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Tag: Garment Industry

Bangladeshi female workers work at a garment factory in Gazipur on the outskirts of Dhaka on February 17, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mehedi Hasan/NurPhoto
Posted inOpinion

Impacts of garment industry focus in Bangladesh

by Soumya Bhowmick December 16, 2022December 16, 2022

Bangladesh has had a tumultuous history, from multiple natural disasters and civil wars to a rapidly developing economy on its path to competing with other Asian tigers. The economy has faced a long period of slow growth; from 1970 to 1980, the average annual growth rate was only around 2%. However, the progressive structural shift […]

Posted inCambodia

Cambodia risks reopening amid worst yet viral wave

by David Hutt May 4, 2021May 7, 2021
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China

Is Beijing hitting out at offshoring in Cambodia?

by Bradley J Murg July 5, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia

Why Hun Sen needs China now more than ever

by David Hutt February 4, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia

Hun Sen’s populism hangs by a thread

by David Hutt January 22, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia

Hun Sen rages as investors flee EU trade threat

by David Hutt January 16, 2019February 18, 2020
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, Cambodia March 13, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Samrang Pring
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, Middle East, World

Make or break for Hun Sen’s one-party state

by David Hutt December 31, 2018February 18, 2020
A supporter of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) paints over the party logo at the CNRP headquarters in Phnom Penh on November 18, 2017. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, Thailand, World

A repressive anniversary marked in Cambodia

by David Hutt November 27, 2018February 18, 2020
A worker at a garment factory in the Shwe Pyi Thar industrial zone in Yangon in a September 2015 file photo. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, European Union, France, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, World

EU sanctions threaten to de-industrialize Myanmar

by Peter Janssen and Kyaw Lynn October 18, 2018February 18, 2020
Sam Rainsy, then president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, speaks to his supporters upon his arrival in Phnom Penh on 19, July 2014. Photo: AFP/Kimlong Meng/NurPhoto
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, European Union, Oceania, South Asia, Thailand, World

Cambodia exiles bid to buy influence in Washington

by David Hutt March 20, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Will US, EU turn the heat on Hun Sen?

by David Hutt November 19, 2017February 18, 2020
A Cambodian police official stands guard as students hold portraits of China's President Xi Jinping and King Norodom Sihamoni during Xi's arrival at the Phnom Penh international airport on October 13, 2016. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Cambodia clampdown threatens Chinese interests

by David Hutt October 30, 2017February 18, 2020
A Myanmar man counts his money at a market in Yangon on April 19, 2017. Photo: AFP/Roberto Schmidt
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam, World

Minimum wage war in Myanmar

by Eli Meixler June 21, 2017February 18, 2020
A worker looks on at a garment factory at Hlaing Tar Yar industry zone in Yangon. Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun
Posted inAT Finance, China, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand

Mixed prognosis for Myanmar garment sector

by Martje Theuws and Pauline Overeem March 14, 2017February 18, 2020

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