Bangladesh

* Population: 158.6 million (UN, 2007)
* Capital: Dhaka
*Area:143,998 sq. km. (55,598 sq. miles)
* Major language: Bengali
* Major religions: Islam, Hinduism
* Life expectancy: 63 years (men), 65 years (women) (UN)
* Monetary unit: Taka
* Main exports: Garments, fish, jute goods, leather products
* GNI per capita: US $470 (World Bank, 2006)
* Internet domain: .bd
* International dialling code: +880

courtesy of BBC News at bbcnews.com

SERRV partners in Bangladesh: CORR-The Jute Works, Dhaka Handicrafts, HEED Handicrafts, Jahanara Cottage Industries, Prokritee, YWCA of Dhaka

Since working [with a fair-trade cooperative], I have been treated with love and respect by city people for the first time, instead of being looked down upon. - Li Lang Fen, Threads of Yunnan, China.

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