The Labour Market in Bangladesh

Emerging Challenges, Future of Work, and Policy Direction
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-09465-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 138 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 375 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

Munshi provides a comprehensive analysis of the inherent dynamics and emerging challenges in Bangladesh’s labour market.

Beginning with an overview of the country’s labour market conditions and regulations, it examines the current issues through dedicated chapters on youth unemployment, international migration, female labour force participation, child labour, and the future of work. The analysis is grounded in empirical evidence and data, including figures from Labour Force Surveys and Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS), to offer evidence-based policy recommendations for addressing labour market challenges. A concise chapter also explores the conditions of Bangladesh’s garment sector, a key export industry.

Combining empirical analysis with policy recommendations, this book will appeal to policymakers and scholars in development studies, labour economics, and South Asian studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Munshi, Farzana

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Wirtschaftliche Globalisierung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Emerging Issues and Challenges in the Labour Market of Bangladesh

Chapter 2 Low Participation, High Informality: Understanding Women’s Labour Market Outcomes in Bangladesh

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Trends in female labour force participation and female employment

2.3 Determinants of female labour force participation

2.4 The Paradoxical relationship between education and female employment rate

2.5 Declining Female Employment in Bangladesh’s RMG Sector

2.6 Discussion and Policy recommendation

Chapter 3 Beyond Remittances: Migration Governance, Reintegration Policies, and Decent Work in Bangladesh

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Key Features of International Migration

3.2.1 What drives migration from Bangladesh?

3.2.2 History, skill and socio-economic profile of international migrants

3.2.3 Remittance-sending channels and the use of remittances

3.3 Migration Governance

3.3.1 The procedure of migration

3.4 Reintegration of migrants

3.5 The emerging challenges in the migration sector

3.5.1 Climate change and migration challenges

3.5.2 4IR and migration from Bangladesh

3.6 Conclusion and Recommendations

Chapter 4 Child Labour Dynamics in Bangladesh: Drivers, gender disparities, and policy directions

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Why are children sent to work? The Economics of Child Labour

4.3 The extent and nature of Child Labour in Bangladesh

4.4 The Drivers of Child labour in Rural Bangladesh

4.5 Conclusion and Policy Recommendation

Appendix 1. The History of Child labor

Chapter 5  Fourth Industrial Revolution, Future of Work, and the Labour Market Relevance of Education in Bangladesh

5.1 Introduction

5.2 The 4IR and the Future of Jobs

5.2.1 The 4IR and Future of jobs

5.3 Are Bangladesh’s Education Policies relevant for labour market demand?

5.4 4IR Preparedness in Bangladesh: Survey findings

5.5 Discussion and Policy Recommendation

Appendix The future of work: Fastest-growing and fastest-declining jobs

Appendix 1 The First Three Industrial Revolutions and Changes in the Pattern of Jobs

Chapter 6 Can Bangladesh unlock its demographic dividend? Analysing trends, causes, and policy challenges of youth unemployment

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Can Bangladesh Unlock its Demographic Dividend?

6.3 Trends in Youth Employment, Unemployment and the NEET rate in Bangladesh

6.4 Causes of persistently high Youth Unemployment in Bangladesh

6.5 Gender and Regional Differences in Youth Unemployment

6.6 The paradox between Educational Attainment and Educated Youth Unemployment in Bangladesh

6.7 Discussion and Policy Recommendation

Chapter 7 Emerging Issues in Bangladesh’s RMG Sector: Skill Gaps, Shifting Gender Dynamics, Minimum Wages and Climate Change

7.1 Introduction

7.2 RMG Sectoral Descriptions

7.3 The dual problem of skill gaps and declining female workers in the RMG Sector

7.4 Cost-competitiveness or Fair Wage?

7.5 Climate Change, Just Transition, and RMG Workers in Bangladesh

7.6 Conclusion and Policy Recommendation

Über Autor(innen)

Farzana Munshi is Professor of Economics at BRAC University, Bangladesh, and Professorial Research Fellow at the Global Development Institute (GDI), University of Manchester. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Gothenburg.