The Economy of Bangladesh : A Quarter Century of Development /: A Quarter Century of Development. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Azizur Rahman Khan.
• Authors: Khan, Azizur Rahman
• Contents: Part I: INTRODUCTION; 1. The Context; 2. Successes and Failures; 3. An Outline; PART II: GROWTH AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE: AN OVERVIEW; 4. Growth and Structure of Output; 5. Demographic Transition; 6. Change in the Structure of Employment; PART III: MACROECONOMIC ACCOUNTS: THE STRUCTURE OF DEMAND; 7. Issues and Puzzles; 8. Rising Rates of Saving and Investment; 9. The External Balance; 10. Foreign Capital Inflow; 11. Capital Outflow; 12. Selected Macroeconomic Issues Concerning Prices, Budget, Money and Banking; PART IV: THE EMERGING PATTERN OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE; 13. Historical Experience; 14. Structural Change of the Bangladesh Economy in the Historical Context; 15. Desirable Directions of the Emerging Pattern of Change; PART V: AGRICULTURE: PAST SUCCESS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS; 16. Declining Importance of Agriculture; 17. Production Performance; 18. Factors behind the Growth of Agriculture; 19. Institutional Reform; 20. Future Directions; PART VI: STRUCTURE, GROWTH AND DIRECTION OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; 21. The Size and Structure of Manufacturing Industries; 22. Changing Structure of Manufacturing; 23. Labor Productivity, Factor Intensity and Profitability; 24. Gender Distribution of Employment; 25. Labor Productivity, Factor Intensity and Profitability by Size and Ownership; 26. Cottage Industries; 27. Incentives and Obstacles; PART VII: TRADE AND GLOBAL LINKS; 28. Trade Regime and Development; 29. An Evaluation of the Reformed Trade Regime; 30. Export-Led Development?; 31. Merchandize Imports; 32. Remittances; 33. Global Links: Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Debt and Exchange Rate; PART VIII: INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT; 34. Introduction; 35. Transport; 36. Energy; 37. Skill Development; 38. Environment; PART IX: INCOME DISTRIBUTION, POVERTY AND LIVING STANDARD; 39. Introduction; 40. Measuring Income; 41. Measuring Inequality and Its Sources; 42. Poverty Reduction; 43. Indicators of Living Standard; 44. Main Findings; PART X: CONCLUSION: CREDITS, CONSTRAINTS AND PROSPECTS; 45. Factors behind the Achievements; 46. Failures, Reasons Thereof and Challenges; 47. Governance; 48. The Future; 49. Annex to Chapters Two and Three: Bangladesh National Accounts; 50. Annex to Chapter Nine; 51. An Assessment of the Survey Data; 52. Some Additional Data on Inequality and Poverty Estimates; List of Works Cited; Index;
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (232 pages), (68 illustrations)
• Subjects: Economic History; Economics/General; Development/Economic Development; Economic growth; Development economics; Economics; Economic history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137549754; 1137549750
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