Bangladesh: Is there scope for a living wage?

While in the wake of the four-year anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster, everyone has been busy looking at building, fire and general workplace safety in garment factories in Bangladesh - which is a very good thing indeed - one major influence on workers' lives has not been getting as much attention as it should: wages. With a national minimum wage of 35 US dollars a month and monthly wages for garment workers at 61 US dollars (or 68 US dollars, depending on the source), Bangladesh still has a long way to go till living wage.