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Structural transformation, inequality dynamics, and inclusive growth in Bangladesh

Raihan, Selim; Khan, Sunera Saba - 2020

The Bangladesh economy has undergone significant structural changes over the last four decades. The share of … overwhelmingly salient component of Bangladesh's export composition, this is due primarily to the rapid expansion of the ready … Bangladesh economy, aiming to tackle inequality and promote inclusive growth. …

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Aid and governance in vulnerable states : Bangladesh and Pakistan since 1971

Khan, Mushtaq H. - 2013

Bangladesh and Pakistan had very divergent experiences with aid after 1971. Politics in Pakistan was less inclusive in … to Pakistan had very negative effects on its political and economic evolution. In contrast in Bangladesh the less …

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Exiting the fragility trap : rethinking our approach to the world's most fragile states

Carment, David; Samy, Yiagadeesen - 2017

Those fragile states whose stagnation is so tenacious despite generous aid programs, and substantial and costly interventions, are stuck in a 'fragility trap.' Caught in a low-level equilibrium, trapped states appear to be in a perpetual political and economic limbo that can last for years and...

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Understanding Mozambique's growth experience through an employment lens

Jones, Sam; Tarp, Finn - 2015

Over the past twenty years, Mozambique has achieved remarkable progress in promoting macroeconomic growth and stability. Nonetheless, poverty rates remain high and labour market activity is dominated by smallholder farming. We use recent household survey data to dig into these trends and provide...

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Socio-economic development in South Asia : the past 50 years

Osmani, Siddiqur Rahman - 2018

economy of the region and also looks ahead to identify the major challenges that remain - focusing on Bangladesh, Pakistan …

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Understanding the boom : country study : Tanzania

Henstridge, Mark - 2018

There are large volumes of gas offshore Tanzania, which has raised hopes of a boom. But those hopes look set to be disappointed. A boom would depend on there being a sizeable flow of revenue to government from producing and exporting gas. This paper sets out the scale of the gas, and the array...

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Understanding the boom : a framing paper

Henstridge, Mark - 2018

A significant natural resource discovery creates excited popular expectations of imminent wealth. But the size of a boom is usually overestimated and the delay in receiving revenues is underestimated. This paper takes stock of the sequencing, timing, and scale of the development of a natural...

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South Sudan : the road from the Paris Declaration to the reality of Juba, 2005 - 11

Larson, Greg - 2013

During Sudan's "interim period" from the end of civil war in January 2005 until South Sudan's independence in July 2011, foreign development agencies provided extensive support and billions of dollars in aid - for which institutional development and capacity building of the nascent Government of...

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Data, global development, and COVID-19 : lessons and consequences

Naudé, Wim; Vinuesa, Ricardo - 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic holds at least seven lessons for the relationship between data-driven decision making, the use of artificial intelligence, and development. These are that (1) in a global crisis, the shifting value of data creates policy pitfalls; (2) predictions of crises and how they play...

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Rethinking Asian Drama

Nayyar, Deepak - 2018

Gunnar Myrdal published Asian Drama in 1968, a work which made important analytical contributions to our understanding of development but was deeply pessimistic about Asia's future prospects. Since then, contrary to Myrdal's expectations, Asia's development has been remarkable, although...

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