Bangladesh - Towards Accelerated, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth : Opportunities and Challenges, Volume 2. Main Report

In Bangladesh, growth needs to accelerate to absorb the burgeoning labor force and continue making dents in poverty. Such acceleration will require sustained growth in exports and remittances. It will also need an increase in investment both public and private. However, growth acceleration alone wil...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Country Economic Memorandum
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	adjustment policies Aggregate Demand agriculture Average Annual Growth balance sheet bankruptcies Benchmarking binding constraint binding constraints bond bond market bonds business environment Business expansion business regulation capita income growth capital account Capital Accumulation Capital flight capital inflow capital markets capital outflows capital stock Capital stock growth comparative advantage Competitive Advantages Competitiveness Consumers contractual savings cost of capital Currency Damages debt democracy demographic demographic change demographic changes Deposits deregulation determinants of growth developing countries diminishing returns dividend domestic savings Economic Concentration economic crisis economic downturn economic efficiency economic expansion Economic Geography Economic Growth economic imbalances Economic Opportunities economic performance economic progress economic reform economic reforms economic stability EPZ Exchange Rate exchange rate fluctuations exchange rate regime exchange rates expected returns Export Growth Export Market export markets Export Processing Zones exports exposure exposures external competitiveness external financing externalities Fertility Rate financial crisis Financial development financial developments financial institutions financial instruments financial integration financial management financial markets financial sector financial services financial system financial transactions Fiscal policies fiscal policy food price foreign capital foreign exchange foreign financing foreign investors forward contracts Future research GDP GDP deflator GDP Per Capita Gini Coefficient global business Global Economy global markets Government budget government guarantees government ownership gross national savings Growth accounting growth path growth performance growth potential growth process Growth Rate Growth Rates growth theory human capital Income income per capita increases in factor inputs increases in output Inflation inflation rate institutional capacity insurance interest rates international capital international capital flows International Trade Investment Climate investment opportunities ITC labor force labor force growth Labor Market Life expectancy liquidity living standards long-term investments low-income countries low-income country M2 macro stability macroeconomic stabilization Market share middle-income country monetary policies Monetary policy mutual funds national income natural disasters new products nominal interest rates open economy output outputs Per capita income per capita incomes political regime portfolio portfolio investments positive effects Power outages price stability private capital private capital flows private investment private investments private investors Private Sector Credit production efficiency production process Productivity productivity growth property rights public debt Public savings rapid growth rate of growth real GDP real Gross Domestic Product Real Interest Rate reform program reform programs reinvestment rent seeking returns to scale risk premiums Savings savings institutions share of capital skilled workers Skills shortages small economy Stable economies Sustainable Development Sustainable Growth tariff barriers tax technological innovation TFP total expenditure total factor productivity total factor productivity growth track record trade liberalization trade policies trade reforms transaction costs treasury treasury bills Turnover Urbanization virtuous cycle volatility wage growth Wages world markets WTO
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12121