Synopsis
An introduction to the history of the garments industry in Bangladesh.
- Programme: This World
- Episode: Clothes to Die For
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2014
- Geography | Population and migration | Population and migration | Cause and effects of migration
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