Collaboration: Microfinance Opportunities (MFO), USA
Starting date: April 25, 2020
Completion date: September 30, 2022

Project description: The study particularly focuses on the DFS benefits for garment workers in Bangladesh in times of pandemic. It intended to understand the experiences of garment workers in Bangladesh whose employers changed from paying them in cash to paying them digitally, either into a bank or a mobile money account during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the research is to identify ways in which an awareness-raising campaign and education materials can better prepare workers for this change to digital wages.

Theme: Migration and Labour Market

Team leader:
Dr Bazlul Haque Khondker

Team members:
Dr Selim Raihan
Farah Marzan
Md. Hannan Biswas
Eshrat Sharmin
Md. Jonaed