Bangladesh faces lots of challenges. Basically half the population of the United States in an area about twice the size of my state of South Dakota. Many of their rural areas have a population density higher than a typical American single family residence neighborhood that would be considered urban. My first house had 912 sq. feet on the main floor and sat on a lot 60 feet by 110. In Bangladesh the house would be half that size, elevated so there could be chickens and small livestock underneath and the whole yard farmed. Multiply that by many millions.
Bangladesh's land is extremely fertile, given that its in the deltas of 2 major rivers but incredibly flat. You need to go nearly half way up the country from the coast to reach the 10 meter elevation mark. Its also at the top of a "funnel" of the Indian Ocean, with India to the west and Burma/Thailand to the east. Every once an while a "cyclone" (what is considered a hurricane here) sweeps up the funnel and causes havoc. When I was kid one killed at least 200,000 people but no one really knows how many. But people move right back in and start over. Don't think things are going to change to give these guys better working conditions. May we be appreciative of what we have...
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