Summary

Relatively simple changes to the way traditional brick kilns operate in Bangladesh can reduce pollution, save fuel and improve the quality of bricks they produce. But research has found that those productivity gains did not translate into better conditions for the people doing the work. The findings come from a multiyear research effort involving Nina Brooks, assistant professor at the U-M School for Environment and Sustainability and affiliate faculty member of the Center for South Asian Studies.

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