Bangladesh and Primark (Global Shift)

Question 1

What was the main workforce in Bangladesh that Primark used?

Answer 1

Underpaid workers, or child labour.

Question 2

What happened in Rana Plaza, Savar (close to Dhaka)?

Answer 2

A factory collapsed. It killed 1100 people, and called for major reforms to the factory conditions in Bangladesh.

Question 3

What are the benefits of TNCs in Bangladesh?

Answer 3

Over 750 countries are listed on the Dhaka stock exchange. Dhaka itself makes up 35% of Bangladesh’s economy.
The workers are doing waged work.
There has been a reduction in poverty.
The British council is attempted to teach teenagers UK GCSE level education. The literacy rate is heavily increasing - 69.2% in 2001, to 74.6% in 2011 in Dhaka. 74.91% across the whole country in 2021.

Question 4

What are the negatives of TNCs in Bangladesh?

Answer 4

Loss of productive land;
Unplanned Settlements;
Environmental and resource pressure;
Air pollution;
Water pollution;
Land degradation

Question 5

How do the west benefit from the global shift?

Answer 5

Consumers get cheap goods;
Companies cut their costs and optimise their profits.

Question 6

How are the west negatively affected by the global shift?

Answer 6

Local businesses cannot compete with absurdly cheap TNCs,
Factory workers lose their jobs, and unemployment skyrockets.