Bangladesh to out-migrate during the lean season, and document a set of striking facts. The incentive induces 22 per cent of …

Although it is commonly believed that trade liberalization results in higher GDP, little is known about its effects on … poverty and inequality. This paper uses the sharp trade liberalization in India in 1991, spurred to a large extent by external … factors, to measure the causal impact of trade liberalization on poverty and inequality in districts in India. Variation in …

There has been much debate about how much poor people in developing countries gain from trade openness, as one aspect … structural modelling of the impacts of specific trade reforms. Case studies are presented for China and Morocco. Both the macro …. Additionally the micro lens indicates considerable heterogeneity in the welfare impacts of trade openness, with both gainers and …

trade liberalization for a sample of developing countries, and the more limited World Bank Global Poverty Monitoring …

Bangladesh. Maymana and Mofizul’s story confirms much current thinking about persistent poverty in that country. [WP No. 22]. …

This note examines recent trends in the labor market and employment situation in Bangladesh and draws some policy … implications keeping the poverty reduction imperatives in view. [BB PP No. 0807]. URL:[http://www.bangladesh-bank.org/openpdf.php]. …

This Policy Brief discusses whether Bangladesh should continue to pursue a national food security strategy based on …