Laura Boudreau
Content by Laura Boudreau
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Project
Scoping visit on evidence and voice for minimum wage revisions
Across the globe, workers and unions have played a key role in raising minimum wages through participation at policy dialogues or strikes. Their expectations about minimum wages and the ways they influence policy dialogue are important for sustainable industry growth. While minimum wage may ensure fair compensation for workers, it may come at the cost of firm closures and...
10 Oct 2019 | Virginia Minni, Mari Tanaka, Laura Boudreau
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Publication - Working Paper
Migrants, information, and working conditions in Bangladeshi garment factories
15 Jun 2018 | Laura Boudreau, Rachel Heath
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Project
Demand-driven, private sector enforcement of labour law in Bangladesh
Global supply chains often extend into weak states with limited social and environmental regulations and with little formal enforcement of existing regulations. Integration into global supply chains provides benefits to firms and workers in these countries (Tanaka, 2016; Atkin et al., 2016). But lack of regulation and lack of enforcement of existing regulation also carry...
25 Jan 2018 | Noam Yuchtman, Laura Boudreau
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Project
Understanding workers’ knowledge of working conditions in Bangladeshi garment factories
The garment industry has revolutionised the lives of many people, particularly women, in Bangladesh. Women have received greater educational investments and postponed marriage and childbearing, and achieved better autonomy household decision-making, the choice of spouse, and the choice to leave abusive marriages. However, these workers can also face very tough working...
9 Jan 2017 | Laura Boudreau, Rachel Heath