Better Factories Cambodia, an initiative of the International Labor Organization (ILO), has launched an online transparency database which outlines how garment factories in the country measure up to ethical working standards. These include wages, discrimination, working hours, and fire and building safety. The ILO hopes that the new database will help restore confidence in Cambodia’s

Garment exports from Bangladesh grew by 7.8% year-on-year in January to reach US$2.75 billion, according to the Export Promotion Bureau. This comes despite fears from analysts that unrest connected to the recent national elections would hamper exports, and in fact the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers Association (BGMEA) recently stated that orders dropped by 50% between September