Funded by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
Duration: Oct 15 to Apr-16
Aim of the project:
- To provide information about labour law, minimum wage setting and minimum wage levels pertaining to the garment industry in nine Asian countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam)
- To include an overview of sources providing information about wages of garment workers in these countries, and provide information about these wage levels
- To give insight in the cost of living levels and related living wage levels in the garment industries
- To prepare an overview of the country-specific hurdles for realising living wages, such as prices/cost of living, purchasing policies of brands, employment contracts, based on interviews with experts
Countries in Action:
Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
Lead Partner: WageIndicator Foundation
Key actors of the project:
- Maarten van Klaveren, University of Amsterdam/AIAS
- Kea Tijdens, University of Amsterdam/AIAS
- Iftikhar Ahmad, WageIndicator Office Islamabad
- Biju Varkkey, Rupa Korde and Khushi Mehta, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad and WageIndicator Office India
- Daniela Ceccon, WageIndicator database manager
- Nadia Pralitasari, WageIndicator Office Indonesia
- Marti Guzi, WageIndicator office Bratislava
- Tomas Kabina, WageIndicator office Bratislava
- Huub Bouma, WageIndicator web programmer for designing an app for the Cost-of-Living Survey
- Thuonghien Dong, WageIndicator Vietnam
- Aung Kyaw, WageIndicator Myanmar
- Lody Peng, WageIndicator Cambodia
- Denis Gregory, Ruskin College, Oxford
- Paulien Osse, WageIndicator director, coordination of the project
Publication (English)
- Van Klaveren, M. (2016). Wages in Context in the Garment Industry in Asia. Amsterdam: WageIndicator Foundation (EN)
- Van Klaveren, M. (2016). Wages in Context in the Garment Industry in Asia - the case of Bangladesh. Amsterdam: WageIndicator Foundation (EN)
- Van Klaveren, M. (2016). Wages in Context in the Garment Industry in Asia - the case of Cambodia. Amsterdam: WageIndicator Foundation (EN)
- Van Klaveren, M. (2016). Wages in Context in the Garment Industry in Asia - the case of China. Amsterdam: WageIndicator Foundation (EN)
- Van Klaveren, M. (2016). Wages in Context in the Garment Industry in Asia - the case of India. Amsterdam: WageIndicator Foundation (EN)
- Van Klaveren, M. (2016). Wages in Context in the Garment Industry in Asia - the case of Indonesia. Amsterdam: WageIndicator Foundation (EN)
- Van Klaveren, M. (2016). Wages in Context in the Garment Industry in Asia - the case of Myanmar. Amsterdam: WageIndicator Foundation (EN)
- Van Klaveren, M. (2016). Wages in Context in the Garment Industry in Asia - the case of Pakistan. Amsterdam: WageIndicator Foundation (EN)
- Van Klaveren, M. (2016). Wages in Context in the Garment Industry in Asia - the case of Sri Lanka. Amsterdam: WageIndicator Foundation (EN)
- Van Klaveren, M. (2016). Wages in Context in the Garment Industry in Asia - the case of Vietnam. Amsterdam: WageIndicator Foundation (EN)
Publication (Dutch)