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Could the Effects of Climate Change be Profitable? A case study of climate induced migration into the Bangladeshi readymade garments industry.

Anna Plowman-2015-01-01-Lund University Publications Student Papers (Lund University)
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This thesis examines the possibility of a relationship between climate change and profitability in Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) industry. It investigates specifically the phenomenon of climate induced migration and how this may affect competition for employment in urban RMG production zones. This study was carried out through fieldwork interviews conducted with migrant female RMG employees, living in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The findings of this study conclude that climate related environmental changes constitute a significant migratory push factor, encouraging some women to move to urban areas and seek employment in RMG factories. The push factor of climate change is intertwined with the pull factor of potential RMG employment, and these are both tightly related to economic hardships and the limited employment opportunities available to women in Bangladesh. With the use of Marx’s theory of the industrial reserve army, this is contextualised within a discussion about the role that su

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This thesis examines the possibility of a relationship between climate change and profitability in Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) industry. It investigates specifically the phenomenon of climate induced migration and how this may affect competition for employment in urban RMG production zones. This study was carried out through fieldwork interviews conducted with migrant female RMG employees, living in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The findings of this study conclude that climate related environmental changes constitute a significant migratory push factor, encouraging some women to move to urban areas and seek employment in RMG factories. The push factor of climate change is intertwined with the pull factor of potential RMG employment, and these are both tightly related to economic hardships and the limited employment opportunities available to women in Bangladesh. With the use of Marx’s theory of the industrial reserve army, this is contextualised within a discussion about the role that su

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Climate changeProfitability indexCapitalismClothingCompetition (biology)Commodity chainCommodityProduction (economics)

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