Bangladesh - Towards Accelerated, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth : Opportunities and Challenges, Volume 1. Overview

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...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Country Economic Memorandum
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
CD
CPI
GDP
ITC
M2
OIL
TAX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/17002722/bangladesh-towards-accelerated-inclusive-sustainable-growth-opportunities-challenges-vol-1-2-overview
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topic ACCOUNTING
ADVERSE EFFECTS
ADVERSE IMPACT
AGGREGATE DEMAND
AGRICULTURE
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BANK FINANCING
BINDING CONSTRAINT
BONDED WAREHOUSE
BUDGET DEFICIT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CAPITAL FLIGHT
CAPITAL GOODS
CAPITAL INFLOWS
CAPITAL INTENSITY
CAPITAL OUTFLOWS
CAPITAL STOCK
CD
CLIMATE CHANGE
COAL
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONNECTIVITY
CONSUMERS
CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
CPI
CREDIT FLOWS
CURRENCY
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE
DEBT
DEFICITS
DEMOGRAPHIC
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
DEPOSIT
DEPOSITS
DEREGULATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIRECTED CREDIT
DISBURSEMENTS
DOMESTIC BANK
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
DOMESTIC MARKET
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC CRISIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EXPANSION
ECONOMIC FACTORS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ECONOMIC REFORMS
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELASTICITY
ELECTRICITY DEMAND
ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE REGIME
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORT PERFORMANCE
EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES
EXPORT SECTOR
EXPORTER
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL BORROWING
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR LIBERALIZATION
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FLOATING EXCHANGE RATE
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOREIGN ASSETS
FOREIGN CAPITAL
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
FOREIGN FINANCING
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES
GLOBAL MARKET
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GOVERNMENT DEFICIT
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME STREAMS
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INEFFICIENCY
INFLATION
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES
INFORMAL BORROWING
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATE
INTERMEDIATE GOODS
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT CONTRACTS
INVESTMENT RATE
INVESTMENT RATES
ITC
JOB CREATION
LABOR COSTS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR STANDARDS
LAND RESOURCES
LENDING PORTFOLIO
LETTERS OF CREDIT
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
LIQUIDITY
LIVING STANDARDS
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
M2
MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET DIVERSIFICATION
MARKET FAILURE
MARKET SHARE
MICRO DATA
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY
MIGRANT LABOR
MONETARY FINANCING
MONETARY POLICY
MONEY GROWTH
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL SAVINGS
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
NET EXPORTS
OIL
OIL PRICE
OUTPUT
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLICY RESPONSE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POPULATION GROWTH
PRICE CONTROLS
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE CREDIT
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
PRIVATE INVESTORS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC BUDGET
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC SAVING
PUBLIC SAVINGS
PUBLIC SPENDING
PUSH FACTORS
QUOTAS
RAINFALL VARIABILITY
RAPID GROWTH
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL GDP
REAL INCOME
RECURRENT EXPENDITURES
REFORM PROGRAM
REGISTRATION PROCESS
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCES
RESERVE
RETURNS
SAFETY NETS
SAVINGS
SAVINGS RATE
SHOCKS TO INCOME
SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES
SKILLED WORKERS
SKILLS SHORTAGES
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
STREAMS
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
TAX
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE DEFICITS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE REGIME
TRADING
TRANSACTION
TRANSACTION COSTS
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBANIZATION
VALUE ADDED
VOLATILITY
WAGES
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ADVERSE EFFECTS
ADVERSE IMPACT
AGGREGATE DEMAND
AGRICULTURE
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BANK FINANCING
BINDING CONSTRAINT
BONDED WAREHOUSE
BUDGET DEFICIT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CAPITAL FLIGHT
CAPITAL GOODS
CAPITAL INFLOWS
CAPITAL INTENSITY
CAPITAL OUTFLOWS
CAPITAL STOCK
CD
CLIMATE CHANGE
COAL
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONNECTIVITY
CONSUMERS
CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
CPI
CREDIT FLOWS
CURRENCY
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE
DEBT
DEFICITS
DEMOGRAPHIC
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
DEPOSIT
DEPOSITS
DEREGULATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIRECTED CREDIT
DISBURSEMENTS
DOMESTIC BANK
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
DOMESTIC MARKET
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC CRISIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EXPANSION
ECONOMIC FACTORS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ECONOMIC REFORMS
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELASTICITY
ELECTRICITY DEMAND
ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE REGIME
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORT PERFORMANCE
EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES
EXPORT SECTOR
EXPORTER
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL BORROWING
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR LIBERALIZATION
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FLOATING EXCHANGE RATE
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOREIGN ASSETS
FOREIGN CAPITAL
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
FOREIGN FINANCING
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES
GLOBAL MARKET
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GOVERNMENT DEFICIT
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME STREAMS
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INEFFICIENCY
INFLATION
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES
INFORMAL BORROWING
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATE
INTERMEDIATE GOODS
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT CONTRACTS
INVESTMENT RATE
INVESTMENT RATES
ITC
JOB CREATION
LABOR COSTS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR STANDARDS
LAND RESOURCES
LENDING PORTFOLIO
LETTERS OF CREDIT
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
LIQUIDITY
LIVING STANDARDS
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
M2
MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET DIVERSIFICATION
MARKET FAILURE
MARKET SHARE
MICRO DATA
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY
MIGRANT LABOR
MONETARY FINANCING
MONETARY POLICY
MONEY GROWTH
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL SAVINGS
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
NET EXPORTS
OIL
OIL PRICE
OUTPUT
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLICY RESPONSE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POPULATION GROWTH
PRICE CONTROLS
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE CREDIT
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
PRIVATE INVESTORS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC BUDGET
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC SAVING
PUBLIC SAVINGS
PUBLIC SPENDING
PUSH FACTORS
QUOTAS
RAINFALL VARIABILITY
RAPID GROWTH
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL GDP
REAL INCOME
RECURRENT EXPENDITURES
REFORM PROGRAM
REGISTRATION PROCESS
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCES
RESERVE
RETURNS
SAFETY NETS
SAVINGS
SAVINGS RATE
SHOCKS TO INCOME
SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES
SKILLED WORKERS
SKILLS SHORTAGES
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
STREAMS
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
TAX
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE DEFICITS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE REGIME
TRADING
TRANSACTION
TRANSACTION COSTS
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBANIZATION
VALUE ADDED
VOLATILITY
WAGES
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Bangladesh - Towards Accelerated, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth : Opportunities and Challenges, Volume 1. Overview
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description 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 will not be enough to absorb the labor force. This will need an improvement in employment intensity of growth, and a further improvement in inclusiveness of service delivery. Moreover, to help ensure that growth acceleration is sustained, the ex-ante and ex-post effects of climate change will need to be addressed. Finally, urbanization offers opportunities to accelerate growth, but can also undermine it if not proactively managed. Bangladesh's Gross National Income (GNI) per capita more than tripled in the past two-and-a-half decades, from an average of US$251 in the 1980s to US$784 by 2011. This growth was accompanied by impressive progress in human development. Yet, after 40 years of independence, Bangladesh remains a low-income country with nearly 50 million people still impoverished and its economic growth potential under-exploited. It is therefore important to understand the drivers underpinning Bangladesh's growth process, what enabled the drivers to move Bangladesh forward, what its prospects are for graduating to middle-income country status by 2021, as envisaged in its sixth five-year plan, and what it would take to accelerate growth sufficiently to achieve this objective.
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title Bangladesh - Towards Accelerated, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth : Opportunities and Challenges, Volume 1. Overview
title_short Bangladesh - Towards Accelerated, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth : Opportunities and Challenges, Volume 1. Overview
title_full Bangladesh - Towards Accelerated, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth : Opportunities and Challenges, Volume 1. Overview
title_fullStr Bangladesh - Towards Accelerated, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth : Opportunities and Challenges, Volume 1. Overview
title_full_unstemmed Bangladesh - Towards Accelerated, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth : Opportunities and Challenges, Volume 1. Overview
title_sort bangladesh - towards accelerated, inclusive and sustainable growth : opportunities and challenges, volume 1. overview
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/17002722/bangladesh-towards-accelerated-inclusive-sustainable-growth-opportunities-challenges-vol-1-2-overview
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spelling okr-10986-122882021-04-23T14:03:00Z Bangladesh - Towards Accelerated, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth : Opportunities and Challenges, Volume 1. Overview World Bank ACCOUNTING ADVERSE EFFECTS ADVERSE IMPACT AGGREGATE DEMAND AGRICULTURE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANK FINANCING BINDING CONSTRAINT BONDED WAREHOUSE BUDGET DEFICIT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL FLIGHT CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITAL INTENSITY CAPITAL OUTFLOWS CAPITAL STOCK CD CLIMATE CHANGE COAL COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONNECTIVITY CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION PATTERNS CPI CREDIT FLOWS CURRENCY CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE DEBT DEFICITS DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEPOSIT DEPOSITS DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIRECTED CREDIT DISBURSEMENTS DOMESTIC BANK DOMESTIC ECONOMY DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EXPANSION ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC PROGRESS ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY ELECTRICITY DEMAND ENABLING ENVIRONMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE REGIME EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORT SECTOR EXPORTER EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNAL BORROWING EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR LIBERALIZATION FINANCIAL SYSTEM FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY FLOATING EXCHANGE RATE FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOREIGN ASSETS FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES FOREIGN FINANCING FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES GLOBAL MARKET GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT DEFICIT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME STREAMS INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY INDUSTRIALIZATION INEFFICIENCY INFLATION INFLATIONARY PRESSURES INFORMAL BORROWING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CONTRACTS INVESTMENT RATE INVESTMENT RATES ITC JOB CREATION LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR STANDARDS LAND RESOURCES LENDING PORTFOLIO LETTERS OF CREDIT LEVEL PLAYING FIELD LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARDS LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS M2 MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET ACCESS MARKET DIVERSIFICATION MARKET FAILURE MARKET SHARE MICRO DATA MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY MIGRANT LABOR MONETARY FINANCING MONETARY POLICY MONEY GROWTH NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL SAVINGS NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NET EXPORTS OIL OIL PRICE OUTPUT PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION GROWTH PRICE CONTROLS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE CREDIT PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTMENTS PRIVATE INVESTORS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC BUDGET PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC SAVING PUBLIC SAVINGS PUBLIC SPENDING PUSH FACTORS QUOTAS RAINFALL VARIABILITY RAPID GROWTH REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL GDP REAL INCOME RECURRENT EXPENDITURES REFORM PROGRAM REGISTRATION PROCESS REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RESERVE RETURNS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SAVINGS RATE SHOCKS TO INCOME SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS SHORTAGES SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL PROTECTION STREAMS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAX TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE BARRIERS TRADE DEFICITS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE REGIME TRADING TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS UNEMPLOYMENT URBANIZATION VALUE ADDED VOLATILITY WAGES 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 will not be enough to absorb the labor force. This will need an improvement in employment intensity of growth, and a further improvement in inclusiveness of service delivery. Moreover, to help ensure that growth acceleration is sustained, the ex-ante and ex-post effects of climate change will need to be addressed. Finally, urbanization offers opportunities to accelerate growth, but can also undermine it if not proactively managed. Bangladesh's Gross National Income (GNI) per capita more than tripled in the past two-and-a-half decades, from an average of US$251 in the 1980s to US$784 by 2011. This growth was accompanied by impressive progress in human development. Yet, after 40 years of independence, Bangladesh remains a low-income country with nearly 50 million people still impoverished and its economic growth potential under-exploited. It is therefore important to understand the drivers underpinning Bangladesh's growth process, what enabled the drivers to move Bangladesh forward, what its prospects are for graduating to middle-income country status by 2021, as envisaged in its sixth five-year plan, and what it would take to accelerate growth sufficiently to achieve this objective. 2013-02-11T17:32:04Z 2013-02-11T17:32:04Z 2012-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/17002722/bangladesh-towards-accelerated-inclusive-sustainable-growth-opportunities-challenges-vol-1-2-overview http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12288 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Country Economic Memorandum Economic & Sector Work South Asia Bangladesh