Table-1: Contribution of Readymade garments (Percentage) in total export

income (1972-2009) in Bangladesh

Year Jute and Jute goods Readymade garments

1972-75 86.73 0
1975-80 72.75 .03
1985-86 50.9 16.05
1990-91 22 50
1994-95 11.2 64
1998-99 7.1 76
2004-05 4.65 74.16
2008-09 2.68 79.33
Hossain; Basharat (2010);

Newspaper article; The Financial Express; Bangladesh ; publication date: 23-7-2010

Problem of minimum wages and the prospects of RMG sector

Basharat Hossain;
Assistant Professor of Economics; International Islamic University Chittagong; Bangladesh
Cite:
Hossain; Basharat (2010); Problem of minimum wages and the prospects of RMG sector; the
daily financial express-bd; retrieved from: http://www.thefinancialexpress-
bd.com/more.php?news_id=106968&date=2010-07-23

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