Productivity and Business Performance Archives

Thom (pink hat) is discussing with her colleagues in the sewing line in the morning meeting

Discussion Paper 48: Labor Compliance Programs in Developing Countries and Trade Flows

Understanding impact: Research insights from Better Work 2017-2022

Independent assessment shows that improved working conditions in the apparel industry make workers’ lives better and businesses stronger

Oversight and Openness: Reflections on brand-supplier interaction from the Better Work Academy

This brief is based on the internal report The Better Work Experience of Chinese Suppliers by Dr Dimitri Kessler, Founder and Director of the Economic Rights Institute (2021).

DP 45: Sourcing Practices in the Garment Industry, The Root Cause for Poor Working Conditions

Florence Münch

Guidelines on responsible retrenchment – cover

Guidelines on Responsible Retrenchment during the Covid-19 Global Pandemic

Better Work Jordan: Worker, Supervisor and Manager Survey Results – 2021

This brief presents key findings and updated results from surveys of workers, supervisors, and managers in the Jordanian garment sector that Better Work Jordan conducted in July and August 2021

DP 44: Piece Rate, Productivity and Occupational Health in the Global Economy

Mary Davis

DP 43: Repeat, Repair or Renegotiate? The Post-COVID Future of the Apparel Industry

Jason Judd J. Lowell Jackson

Discussion Paper 42: The impact of collective arrangements on garment workers’ wages and work hours, and the barriers of collective arrangements to raise labour standards in the Bangladeshi garment industry

Pauline Jerrentrup

The supply chain ripple effect: How COVID-19 is affecting garment workers and factories in Asia and the Pacific

ILO research brief on how COVID-19 is affecting garment workers and factories in Asia and the Pacific