The people sewing your clothes can’t see the stitches clearly — a $10 pair of glasses could unlock $27 billion in gains

A Fortune article reports on a trial in Bangladesh showing that providing $10 reading glasses to garment workers with uncorrected presbyopia could unlock $27 billion in global productivity gains. The trial found that every $1 spent on vision screening returned $3.37 in productivity. Workers reported significant improvements in tasks like threading needles. The article highlights the economic impact of addressing a simple, low-cost vision problem in the garment industry workforce.

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The people sewing your clothes can’t see the stitches clearly — a $10 pair of glasses could unlock $27 billion in gainsFortune | FORTUNEWesternJul 19, 03:27 PM UTC

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