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From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture
Rashid, Shahidur (contributor); Gulati, Ashok (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
policy use case studies from South Asia (Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan) and East Asia (Indonesia, the Philippines, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196693
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Bangladesh’s Democractic Challenge
Quibria, M.G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Bangladesh is currently in the midst of a deadly political crisis. When Bangladesh was born forty-plus years ago, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240425
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Bangladesh: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation and Third Review Under the Extended Credit Facility and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper discusses Bangladesh’s Third Review Under the Extended Credit Facility and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria. Political uncertainty and nationwide strikes are taking a toll on economic activity, with private investment most affected. Real GDP growth moderated in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243617
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Bangladesh; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
external financing needs and major sources of financing. This country document for Bangladesh is being available on the IMF …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243643
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Bangladesh; Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria—Staff Report, Staff Supplement...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Bangladesh has made substantial progress in strengthening macroeconomic conditions and structural policies. Strong … Bangladesh to foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio investment flows. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244036
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Remittances, Financial Development and Economic Growth in Bangladesh
Uddin, Gazi Salah; Sjö, Bo - In: South Asia Economic Journal 14 (2013) 2, pp. 261-273
In Bangladesh, remittances from migrant workers are an important component of national income and a source for … development and economic growth in Bangladesh over the period of 1976–2011. In the long run, the inflow of remittances and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011135941
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Persistence of Shock in a Time Series
Islam, Faridul; Khan, Saleheen; Islam, Anisul M.; … - In: South Asia Economic Journal 10 (2009) 2, pp. 429-449
Services provided by Bangladesh Railway (BR), a popular mode of transportation, have been vital to the growth and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011135956
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Education and Health Expenditures in Bangladesh
Glinskaya, Elena - In: Journal of Developing Societies 21 (2005) 1-2, pp. 91-120
Data from the 2000 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES), together with expenditure data from the Ministries of Education and Health and Family Welfare, was used to analyze the distribution of GoB subsidies in these two sectors across poor and nonpoor. The analysis revealed that only...
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Child Labor in Bangladesh
Salmon, Claire - In: Journal of Developing Societies 21 (2005) 1-2, pp. 33-54
This article uses data from the Bangladesh Labor Force Survey 2000 to analyze the magnitude, nature and determinants of … child labor in Bangladesh. The magnitude of the ‘child labor’ problem is large in Bangladesh, with around 5.4–7 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011136335
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Development, Democracy and the NGO Sector
Rahman, Sabeel - In: Journal of Developing Societies 22 (2006) 4, pp. 451-473
. Using the case of Bangladesh, this study argues that the NGO sector as a whole has shifted away from its initial focus on …€˜depoliticization’ of NGOs is an accelerated erosion of democratic institutions in Bangladesh. While current studies of NGOs are correct to … stress the influence of western donors in driving this depoliticization, the process in Bangladesh results from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011136363