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In South Asia, the modern microfinance movement was born in Bangladesh in the 1970s as a response to the prevailing … poverty conditions among its vast rural population. Astonishing growth rates in Bangladesh, particularly during 1990s, created … of the twenty-first century reinforced this trend as the Bangladesh numbers continued to grow impressively; in India, a …
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In an increasingly competitive, globalizing world, Bangladesh needs to rationalize its tariff structure and lower …
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scenario has negative implications for the overall macroeconomy, household welfare, and poverty in Bangladesh. Terms of trade …"The authors examine the effects of WTO agreements and domestic trade policy reforms on production, welfare, and … poverty in Bangladesh. They use a sequential dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, which takes into account …
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This report describes labor practices in the Lao garments export sector as seen by both management and labor. The main objective of this report is to present the differing perspectives on working conditions between managers and workers, and to explore ways in which the Lao garment sector could...
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This report comprises of eleven sessions: introduction; definition of disability - questions for discussion; new thinking on disability measurement; from census to surveys; policy dimensions of disability measurement - Brazil; good questions and bad questions; developing a matrix of functioning;...
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The chapter wise synopsis of the report is as follows: chapter one: (present chapter) provides the reader with an overview of the project, its scope, and its objectives. It also provides the reader with an understanding of key concepts related to the project. Chapter two: describes exposure data...
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This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of the South Asia region. Macroeconomic indicators such as population, gross domestic product and gross domestic...
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During the last decade, South Asia's five largest countries - India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal - have … been implementing trade policy reforms, gradually moving their economies away from protectionism toward greater trade … current trade regimes in the Jive largest South Asian states and the policies and practices that have produced the systems now …
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During the last decade, South Asia's five largest countries - India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal - have … been implementing trade policy reforms, gradually moving their economies away from protectionism toward greater trade … current trade regimes in the Jive largest South Asian states and the policies and practices that have produced the systems now …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559252