Today is the 4th anniversary of the Rana Plaza industrial accident in
Bangladesh. Its victims are sometimes called "Fashion victims" which suggests
that quick changes in fashion in overseas markers creates serious problems for
workers in supply chains. More broadly, business cycles and demand changes in
importing countries can create labor and environmental problems in exporting
markets. Globalization has many faces, the good and the ugly. This is a story
of its ugly face. Here is what we published today in Washington Post's Monkey
Cage. This draws on paper that is forthcoming in World Development:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/04/24/four-years-after-one-of-the-worst-industrial-accidents-ever-what-have-we-learned/?utm_term=.baee23eb2519
Comments are welcome; please email them directly to me.
Aseem
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Aseem Prakash
Professor, Department of Political Science
Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences
Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics
39 Gowen Hall, Box 353530
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3530
http://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/
http://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/