As an example, he cited a U.S.-supported program in Bangladesh to switch underage children from garment factories to class rooms. The program got kids to learn, and actually boosted garment exports, and gave jobs to adults who would otherwise not have had them. Not on Horst Siebert, head of the Kiel Institute of the World Economy in Germany. Here's some background on why Bangladesh's factories are making progress in eliminating child labor. Much of the credit goes to globalization.
Markets thrive under globalization.
So does international labor solidarity, in pursuit of a cause that goes far beyond higher wages. At Seattle, that solidarity was demonstrated not just by protest marches but above all by the presence of worker representatives from every continent. Among them were trade unionists from Barbados, Brazil, Fiji, Ghana, Hong Kong, Ghana, Korea, Malaysia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia. Gibson Sibanda, president of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, joined other leaders from the developing world in strongly urging the WTO to add a worker rights dimension to global trade policy. Trade Unions in the 21st Century .