The Economy of Bangladesh

In the quarter century since its emergence from military rule and integration into the global economy, Bangladesh's economy has achieved high growth, reduced aid dependence and made remarkable improvement in social indicators while at the same time it continues to suffer from increasing inequality. This book analyses these successes and failures.

Autorentext
Azizur Rahman Khan is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of California Riverside, USA. He has also taught at the London School of Economics, UK, and, as a visiting professor at Pennsylvania State University and Columbia University, USA. He has held the position of Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, UK, as well as Research Director at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics and the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, and staff member of the ILO and the World Bank. He has published extensively in various areas of development economics and advised developing countries of Asia and Africa.

Inhalt

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