Geography of Fashion

Cards (12)

  • Globalisation
    The process by which the world becomes interconnected
  • Developing country

    A country with a poor economy
  • Emerging country

    A country with high human development and economic growth
  • Developed Country
    A country with very high human developement
  • Transnational Company (TNC)/Multinational Company (MNC)

    A company that operates in over 1 country
  • Out-sourcing
    To move the production of an item to an outside (usually overseas) supplier
  • Raw materials
    inputs needed to make a product
  • 6 million (4 million in factories) are employed into the textile industry in Bangladesh
  • The top 3 garment manufacturing countries
    • Turkey
    • Bangladesh
    • China
  • The average wage for a garment worker in the EU/USA is $30,000pa and a garment worker earns $600pa in Bangladesh
  • The Bangladeshi Government doesn't do anything as it's the country's main source of foreign income (which is more stable and therefore, better)
  • 80% of foreign currency for Bangladesh is from textiles