Stock Photo - Bangladeshi laborer works at molding factory near old Dhaka. Workers and labor activists have complained that many Bangladeshi factories pay wages that are difficult to live on, especially given the country´s 10 percent inflation rate. They have also criticized lax safety standards that have led to the deaths of dozens of workers in garment factory fires in recent years. Still, in spite of the low wages, many workers, especially young women who make up 80 percent of employees, have flocked to garment factories, most of which are concentrated in and around Dhaka. They see the jobs as a way to supplement family incomes, many of which are still tied to subsistence farming in this country of 160 million.