A source of new income and gradually improving standards of living for women in India and Bangladesh has been foreign investment and the moving of jobs from countries in Europe and from the United States. When a garment factory in the U. S.A. closes, and the corporation opens a factory in Bangladesh, that is called "outsourcing." The major motivating factor for the American corporation to open a garment plant in a developing or less-developed country is... ease of transportation of goods.

foreign workers demand and get more benefits.

cheap labor.

environmental laws.