# In an op-ed, Research Scholar Sarah Labowitz calls for open data from Bangladesh factories to improve worker safety

1 Faculty News October 29, 2014 ![The Daily Star logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/dailystar_0.jpg?itok=SVCv_42w)>

Excerpt from [The Daily Star](http://thedailystar.net/how-better-data-can-make-garment-factories-safer-47799) -- "Knowing how the apparel supply chain really operates is the first step toward fixing it. And while this information on its own will not make factories safer, more transparency is a necessary predicate to developing the kind of comprehensive action plan that is urgently needed in Bangladesh."

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