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World in Progress: Bangladesh's textile industry

Caspar Dohmen/speaker: Kathleen SchusterJanuary 8, 2020

The collapse of the Rana Plaza building just outside of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka in 2013 was the garment industry's deadliest recorded incident and put pressure on global brands to improve factory conditions. How safe are Bangladesh's textile factories these days? Can automation help make them safer or will machines take away workers' jobs?

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