Kim Elliott is interviewed and quoted for a VOA story on Bangladesh.
From the article:
Recent moves by the government in Bangladesh and western retail companies are leading to changes in the country’s garment industry. On July 15, the Bangladeshi parliament approved legislation aimed at strengthening employees’ rights and improving workplace safety.
Kimberly Elliott, an expert in international trade policy for the Center for Global Development, said the law may help avert another building collapse.
“It does take some steps to try to strengthen the building safety code and to make it more difficult to get a permit to add floors, which was a problem in the Rana building collapse,” she said.
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