They Pump $15 Billion A Year Into Bangladesh's Economy — But At What Cost? - NPR

They Pump $15 Billion A Year Into Bangladesh's Economy — But At What Cost?  NPR

How do you get ahead in Bangladesh? Often it's by leaving Bangladesh. An estimated 10 million Bangladeshis are currently working abroad, primarily as low-skilled laborers in the Arabian Gulf. Only India, Mexico, Russia and China send out more migrant workers each year according to the World Bank. The Bangladeshi migrant workers are gardeners, construction workers, janitors and maids. On average they earn $400 a month, far more than they'd make doing the same jobs at home. And the totals add up. The $15 billion sent home by migrant workers last year — called "remittances" in economic jargon ...

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