From Sweatshops to Sustainability: Wal-Mart’s Journey in Bangladesh

The British era ended in South Asia in the year 1947 and Pakistan was divided into East Pakistan and West Pakistan, both separated by a thousand miles of India. Over time, the people in East Pakistan felt that they were being treated badly by Islamabad (Capital of Pakistan). (Refer to Exhibit I for Map of India with Pakistan and Bangladesh on West and East of India).The capital was in the west and the people in East Pakistan were of the view that most of the profits generated by the jute fiber industry in East Pakistan were not being used for their benefit. After a brutal war for identity, East Pakistan gained independence in 1971 and Bangladesh came into existence. ...