World Policy Analysis Center

This website has some excellent statistics and information on lots of different countries.

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Welfare

(e.g. Unemployment benefits, Pensions)

Rashid, M. (2019, June 13th). Can we develop a national pension system? Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved from https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/longform/2019/06/13/can-we-develop-a-national-pension-system

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Provision of Infrastructure

(e.g. Roads, Ports, Railways, Communication, Internet access)

Bangladesh. (2019). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from Britannica School database.

International Telecommunications Union. (n.d.). Statistics. Retrieved from https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx

This page gives information in an Excel spreadsheet about how many people in each country have access to telephones and internet technology. You will need to download the spreadsheets to view the data.

Whyte, M., & Yong, J. L. (2010). Bangladesh. ([2nd] ed.). New York: Marshall Cavendish.

World Food Programme. (2018). Bangladesh road network. Retrieved from https://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.3+Bangladesh+Road+Network

World Food Programme. (2018). Bangladesh waterways assessment. Retrieved from https://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.5+Bangladesh+Waterways+Assessment

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Wages and employee relations

(e.g. Minimum wage, Superannuation, Child labour laws, Safety laws)

Bangladesh garment manufacturers raise workers’ pay amid violent clashes with police. (2019, January 14). ABC News. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-14/bangladesh-garment-manufacturers-raise-workers-pay-amid-protest/10712528

Butler, S. (2019, January 22). Why are wages so low for garment workers in Bangladesh? The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jan/21/low-wages-garment-workers-bangladesh-analysis

Al Jazeera English. (2018, June 17). Child labour in Bangladesh’s cheap cigarette factories [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGNTuWK_AAo

The Daily Star. (2017, April 3). A day in the life of a minimum wage earner in Bangladesh [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QSC_9c6qCQ

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Provision of goods and services

(e.g. Education, Health care)

Asian Development Bank. (2016, December 9). Health Services for Bangladesh’s poor [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAQJrYYC2OE

Bangladesh. (2019). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from Britannica School database.

InterNations Go!. (2018). Living in Bangladesh. Retrieved from https://www.internations.org/go/moving-to-bangladesh/living

Whyte, M., & Yong, J. L. (2010). Bangladesh. ([2nd] ed.). New York: Marshall Cavendish.

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Other relevant areas

HumanRightsWatch. (2015, June 9). Epidemic of child marriage in Bangladesh [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pJk6M5LgCg