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Bengali men ferrying loads of mud in a “food for work” project to dig a canal for monsoon flood drainage. Even for moving the vast volumes of earth required, human labor in Bangladesh is much cheaper than mechanical power. For a day’s work these men will earn just enough grain to feed their families, and they fight for any open position. Bangladesh, 1977

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© Gordon Wiltsie
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8976x11307 / 7.0MB
www.alpenimage.com
Keywords
Bangladesh, labor, work
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BDL, BD 5
Bengali men ferrying loads of mud in a “food for work” project to dig a canal for monsoon flood drainage.  Even for moving the vast volumes of earth required, human labor in Bangladesh is much cheaper than mechanical power.  For a day’s work these men will earn just enough grain to feed their families, and they fight for any open position. Bangladesh, 1977