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Dynamics of Rural Growth in Bangladesh : Sustaining Poverty Reduction

World Bank Group - 2016

The rural economy in Bangladesh has been a powerful source of economic growth and has substantially reduced poverty, especially since 2000, but the remarkable transformation and unprecedented dynamism in rural Bangladesh are an underexplored, underappreciated, and largely untold story. The...

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Dynamics of rural growth in Bangladesh : sustaining poverty reduction

Gautam, Madhur; Faruqee, Rashid - 2016 - Online-Ausg.

Introduction -- The dynamic rural economy -- Agricultural growth and its drivers -- The evolving structure of agriculture -- Growth of the non-farm sector and its drivers -- Connecting farmers to markets : trading in high-value products -- Prospects for food and nutrition security -- Priority...

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Climate Change Impacts on Rural Poverty in Low-Elevation Coastal Zones

Barbier, Edward B. - 2015

This paper identifies the low-elevation coastal zone populations and developing regions most vulnerable to sea-level rise and other coastal hazards, such as storm surges, coastal erosion, and salt-water intrusion. The focus is on the rural poor in the low-elevation coastal zone, as their...

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Innovation patterns and their effects on firm-level productivity in South Asia

Cirera, Xavier; Cusolito, Ana P. - 2019

This paper describes and benchmarks innovation activities for a sample of countries in the South Asia region, as well as the impact of these activities on firm-level productivity. The evidence gathered suggests that countries in the South Asia region can be divided into two groups, in terms of...

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A Glass Half Full : The Promise of Regional Trade in South Asia

Kathuria, Sanjay - 2018

Trade has played a critical role in global poverty reduction. In harnessing the potential of trade, some of the most successful countries have developed strong trade relationships with their neighbors. However, many South Asian countries have trade regimes that often offset the positive impact...

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Stitches to riches? : apparel employment, trade, and economic development in South Asia

López Acevedo, Gladys; Roberson, Raymond - 2016 - Online-Ausg.

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Malaysia's Digital Economy : A New Driver of Development

World Bank Group - 2018

This report examines three interrelated issues - digital connectivity, digital entrepreneurship, and taxation of digital platforms - that are closely aligned with Malaysia's goal of becoming the e-commerce hub of the region. By leveraging the internet, smartphones, Big Data, the internet of...

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Will Digital Technologies Transform Agriculture in Developing Countries?

Deichmann, Uwe - 2016

transaction costs. The paper reviews the recent literature on corresponding technology impacts in the rural sector in developing …"-often these have not scaled up to the extent expected. The main reason is that technology can only address some, but not all, of …

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Technology within and across firms

Cirera, Xavier; Comin, Diego; Cruz, Marcio José Vargas da - 2020

sample of firms in Vietnam, Senegal, and the Brazilian state of Ceara. The analysis finds a large variance in technology … sophistication across the business functions of a firm. The within-firm variance in technology sophistication is greater than the … countries. The paper documents a stable cross-firm relationship between technology at the business function and firm levels …

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How Do Women Fare in Rural Non-Farm Economy?

Fuje, Habtamu - 2017

This paper studies the gender-based differences in access to and return from economic activities in the rural non-farm economy (RNFE) using panel datasets from Uganda and Ethiopia. The results show that female-headed households have limited access to paid employment and self-employment in the...

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