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    Work and labour in the Bangladesh brackish-water shrimp export sector

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    Authors
    Pokrant, Bob
    Reeves, P.
    Date
    2003
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Pokrant, Bob and Reeves, Peter. 2003. Work and labour in the Bangladesh brackish-water shrimp export sector. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. 26 (3): pp. 359-389.
    Source Title
    South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies
    DOI
    10.1080/0085640032000178934
    Faculty
    Division of Humanities
    Department of Social Sciences
    Faculty of Media, Society and Culture (MSC)
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    This is an electronic version of an article published in Pokrant, Bob and Reeves, Peter (2003). Work and labour in the Bangladesh brackish-water shrimp export sector, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. 26 (3): pp. 359-389.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46251
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This paper argues that discussions about the applicability of labour and environmental policies, standards and codes of conduct in Bangladesh must be based upon an understanding of the diverse local environmental, economic and social conditions under which people work and sustain their livelihoods. In the case of the shrimp export sector, such understanding is limited as no comprehensive study of the sector as whole and the role of labour and environmental issues within it has been carried out. The paper goes some way to filling this gap in our knowledge by drawing on the authors' continuing research on the shrimp export industry in Southeast Bangladesh and other sources to describe the different forms of work and labour in the industry's various sub-sectors, paying particular attention to processing plants, shrimp farms, wild fry collection and hatcheries. It shows the great diversity in work and environmental conditions in the sector, illustrates the relationship between work, labour and environment in the fry collecting sub-sector and makes recommendations for further research.

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