Interwoven : How the Better Work Program Improves Job and Life Quality in the Apparel Sector

World Bank

Interwoven : How the Better Work Program Improves Job and Life Quality in the Apparel Sector

2015

World Bank

The Better Work Program has its roots inthe Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program,established in 2001 as a follow-on from the 1999U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Trade Agreement. Thefree trade agreement (FTA) was the first to linkimproved labor conditions with greater marketaccess. The BFC program benefitted all the keystakeholders by improving work conditions,supporting the growth of the apparel sector inCambodia (benefitting all local stakeholders),and boosting developed world buyers’ reputationby sourcing from ethical workplaces. BFChas also helped to cushion the negative effectsof external changes to the trading environmentin the apparel sector (the end of the Multi-FibreArrangement quota system in 2005 and the globalfinancial crisis in 2008–09). The program hasgrown substantially; as of December 2014, BWhas reached over a million workers in more than1,000 factories across eight countries (Bangladesh,Cambodia, Haiti, Indonesia, Jordan, Lesotho,Nicaragua, and Vietnam).

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Washington, DC

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Works; Employee; Work experience; Working; Fatigue; Labor markets; Sweatshops; Manufacturing industries; Unskilled workers; Prevention; Canteens; Female labor; Working environment; Work program; Falls; Personnel; Labor force; Interpersonal skills; Labor legislation; Hazardous work; Sexual harassment; Qualifications; Work hours; Wage gap; Wage premium; Fire safety; Male worker; Male workers; Cost effectiveness; Wage premiums; Work stations; Industrial relations; Firm survival; Manufacturing wages; Consumer price index; Field work; Private partnership; Workload; High wages; Employment policies; Labor mobility; Working women; Childbirth; Social issues; Working level; Labor conditions; Collective bargaining; Intervention; Human resource; Overtime work; Productivity gain; Labour office; Worker; Prime example; Socialization; Worker safety; Jobs; Job security; Public service; Labour standard; Weekly rest; Personal development; Health management; Social exclusion; Quantitative research; Export processing zone; Female labor force; Average wages; Child labor; Strategy; Household survey; Employment prospects; Safety measures; Service sectors; Risks; Overtime; Servants; Work; Older workers; Productive firms; Absenteeism; Unemployed; Job; Labour standards; Earning; Sexual practices; People; Safety standards; Wage data; Labor standard; Labor standards; Suppliers; Training services; Labor relations; Labor law; Division of labor; Work programs; Workplace; Sick leave; Global workforce; Firm performance

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CC BY 3.0 IGO. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo. World Bank

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Report; Economic & Sector Work; Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study

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