Pioneering a New Approach to Improving Working Conditions in Developing Countries: Better Factories Cambodia

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The rise of global supply chains over the last three decades intensified international attention to the conditions endured by workers in poor countries. Collapsed buildings, fires and death created an imperative to address poor conditions. Consumers, non-governmental organizations, inter-governmental organizations, international buyers and governments began seeking ways to improve working conditions in exporting factories in developing countries. The goals of this chapter is to describe the birth and growth of the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program, review the academic literature that has focused on both the BFC program and its descendent, Better Work, and identify some of the key aspects of the program that have been shown to be particularly successful.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13095

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; Economic Impacts of Globalization: Labor ; Multinational Firms; International Business
• Subject: working conditions ; global value chains ; Cambodia ; Better Factories Cambodia

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Robertson, Raymond
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2020

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/216407
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET