Trade liberalization in the early 1990s in Bangladesh has enabled the private sector torespond with market-stabilizing inflows of rice and wheat following major productionshortfalls. At the same time, easing of restrictions on foreign investment, combined withsubstantial depreciation of the...

This working paper documents the construction of a 1993-94 Social Accounting Matrix(SAM) for Bangladesh. 1 The SAM distinguishes 10 agricultural sectors—including twodifferent kinds of rice technology—and 19 manufacturing sectors, out of 43 sectors intotal. It also differentiates between...

This working paper documents the construction of a 1993-94 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Bangladesh. The SAM distinguishes 10 agricultural sectors —including two different kinds of rice technology — and 19 manufacturing sectors, out of 43 sectors in total. It also differentiates between...

Trade liberalization in the early 1990s in Bangladesh has enabled the private sector to respond with market-stabilizing inflows of rice and wheat following major production shortfalls. At the same time, easing of restrictions on foreign investment, combined with substantial depreciation of the...