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The effect of structural reforms on growth in Europe and Central Asia is assessed by looking separately at each supply-side channel: capital, labor, and productivity, with the last estimated using the stochastic frontier approach. By controlling for the interaction with the economic cycle, the...
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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 …
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linked to the ocean, and to provide a framework for the Government of Bangladesh to analyze its potential. With the peaceful … planning process to achieve Bangladesh's blue economy aspirations, including measures of the current economic uses of the ocean …-makers in Bangladesh in proposing specific reforms, by illustrating the economic activities of the ocean economy together with …
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Bangladesh is recognized ... …
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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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Bangladesh has achieved robust economic growth over the past 10 years, with real GDP growing by more than 6 percent on … forward. A simple growth model calibrated to the Bangladesh economy is used to analyze various growth scenarios. The main …
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Situated in a fertile low-lying river delta, Bangladesh combines high vulnerability to floods, tropical cyclones … development' in view of the formidable development challenges it faced. Nevertheless, Bangladesh has proven to be remarkably …
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The objective of this study is to assist Bangladesh in becoming a viable player in the IT/ITES industry in five years … important for Bangladesh to concentrate its efforts in developing the IT/ITES industry? First of all, industry development is … aligned with many of the goals for Digital Bangladesh as described in the manifesto, including development of software exports …
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The World Bank Group has come a long way in supporting structural reforms in its member countries. The most remarkable feature of its long 35 years and continuing journey has been its ability to listen, learn and adjust over time. It learnt relatively quickly that reform ownership is a necessary...
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Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in China has remained strong in 2017, exceeding market expectations. Supported by risinghousehold incomes, the growth contribution of final consumption increased further this year. At the same time, the growth contribution of fixed investment has declined...
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