Harnessing Competitiveness for Stronger Inclusive Growth : Bangladesh Second Investment Climate Assessment
Bangladesh has recorded impressive economic and social gains since the 1990s. Recent growth has been at levels close to six percent. The country has doubled per capita growth and taken large strides toward reaching many Millennium Development Goals...
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ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO FINANCING ACCESS TO FORMAL FINANCE ACCESS TO INVESTMENT ACCESS TO LOANS ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ADB AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AUTONOMY BAD DEBT BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNTS BANK ASSETS BANK CREDIT BANK FINANCING BANK LOAN BANK LOANS BANK OFFICE BANK SERVICES BANKING INDUSTRY BANKING SECTOR BANKING SYSTEM BANKS BOOK VALUE BORROWER BORROWING BUDGET MANAGEMENT BUSINESS ASSOCIATION BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUSINESS LOANS BUSINESS LOCATION BUSINESS NETWORK BUSINESS PLANNING BUSINESS SUPPORT CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL STOCK COLLATERAL COLLEGE DEGREE COMMERCIAL BANK COMMERCIAL MORTGAGES CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION CREDIT BUREAU CREDIT INFORMATION CREDIT INFORMATION BUREAU CREDIT REGISTRY CREDIT SCORE CREDITS CURRENCY DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPMENT BANK DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC CREDIT DOMESTIC MARKET E-GOVERNMENT EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT OF THE POOR ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURS EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORTERS FARM ENTERPRISES FARMERS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP FINANCE COSTS FINANCES FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCING SOURCES FIRM PERFORMANCE FIXED ASSETS FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN CAPITAL FLOWS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FORMAL FINANCE GENDER GENDER ISSUES GENDER SEGREGATION GOVERNMENT REGULATION GREATER ACCESS HIGH INTEREST RATES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITY INFLATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTERNAL FINANCING INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INVESTING INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT DECISIONS JOB CREATION LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKET LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRICES LAND RECORDS LAND REGISTRATION LAND USE LARGE CITIES LAWS LENDING TECHNIQUES LINE OF CREDIT LOAN LOAN AMOUNTS LOAN FINANCING LOAN SIZE LOAN TERM LOCAL GOVERNMENT LONG TERM FINANCING LONG-TERM INVESTMENT LONG-TERM LENDING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MANAGEMENT EDUCATION MARKET SHARE MARKET VALUE METROPOLITAN AREAS METROPOLITAN CITIES MFI MICRO-BUSINESS MICRO-ENTERPRISES MICRO-ENTREPRENEURS MICRO-FINANCE MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION MIGRANT WORKER MIGRANT WORKERS MOBILE PHONE MORTGAGES MOVABLE COLLATERAL MULTINATIONALS MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT MUNICIPALITIES NATIONALIZED BANKS NATURAL RESOURCES NEW ENTRANTS OPERATING EFFICIENCY OVERDRAFT PERSONAL ASSET PERSONAL ASSETS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLITICAL STABILITY PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATE CREDIT PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MARGINS PROPRIETORSHIPS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS REAL ESTATE RED TAPE REGISTRATION FEES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RELIANCE ON COLLATERAL REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REPAYMENT REPAYMENT PERIODS RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL MARKETS SALES GROWTH SAVINGS SMALL ENTERPRISE SMALL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY STAMP DUTIES START-UP STATE BANKS TAX TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX CODE TAX COMPLIANCE TAX REGIME TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERM CREDIT TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE REGIME TRADING TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN CONGESTION URBANIZATION VILLAGE VILLAGES WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WORKING CAPITAL |
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ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO FINANCING ACCESS TO FORMAL FINANCE ACCESS TO INVESTMENT ACCESS TO LOANS ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ADB AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AUTONOMY BAD DEBT BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNTS BANK ASSETS BANK CREDIT BANK FINANCING BANK LOAN BANK LOANS BANK OFFICE BANK SERVICES BANKING INDUSTRY BANKING SECTOR BANKING SYSTEM BANKS BOOK VALUE BORROWER BORROWING BUDGET MANAGEMENT BUSINESS ASSOCIATION BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUSINESS LOANS BUSINESS LOCATION BUSINESS NETWORK BUSINESS PLANNING BUSINESS SUPPORT CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL STOCK COLLATERAL COLLEGE DEGREE COMMERCIAL BANK COMMERCIAL MORTGAGES CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION CREDIT BUREAU CREDIT INFORMATION CREDIT INFORMATION BUREAU CREDIT REGISTRY CREDIT SCORE CREDITS CURRENCY DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPMENT BANK DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC CREDIT DOMESTIC MARKET E-GOVERNMENT EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT OF THE POOR ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURS EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORTERS FARM ENTERPRISES FARMERS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP FINANCE COSTS FINANCES FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCING SOURCES FIRM PERFORMANCE FIXED ASSETS FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN CAPITAL FLOWS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FORMAL FINANCE GENDER GENDER ISSUES GENDER SEGREGATION GOVERNMENT REGULATION GREATER ACCESS HIGH INTEREST RATES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITY INFLATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTERNAL FINANCING INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INVESTING INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT DECISIONS JOB CREATION LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKET LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRICES LAND RECORDS LAND REGISTRATION LAND USE LARGE CITIES LAWS LENDING TECHNIQUES LINE OF CREDIT LOAN LOAN AMOUNTS LOAN FINANCING LOAN SIZE LOAN TERM LOCAL GOVERNMENT LONG TERM FINANCING LONG-TERM INVESTMENT LONG-TERM LENDING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MANAGEMENT EDUCATION MARKET SHARE MARKET VALUE METROPOLITAN AREAS METROPOLITAN CITIES MFI MICRO-BUSINESS MICRO-ENTERPRISES MICRO-ENTREPRENEURS MICRO-FINANCE MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION MIGRANT WORKER MIGRANT WORKERS MOBILE PHONE MORTGAGES MOVABLE COLLATERAL MULTINATIONALS MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT MUNICIPALITIES NATIONALIZED BANKS NATURAL RESOURCES NEW ENTRANTS OPERATING EFFICIENCY OVERDRAFT PERSONAL ASSET PERSONAL ASSETS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLITICAL STABILITY PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATE CREDIT PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MARGINS PROPRIETORSHIPS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS REAL ESTATE RED TAPE REGISTRATION FEES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RELIANCE ON COLLATERAL REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REPAYMENT REPAYMENT PERIODS RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL MARKETS SALES GROWTH SAVINGS SMALL ENTERPRISE SMALL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY STAMP DUTIES START-UP STATE BANKS TAX TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX CODE TAX COMPLIANCE TAX REGIME TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERM CREDIT TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE REGIME TRADING TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN CONGESTION URBANIZATION VILLAGE VILLAGES WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WORKING CAPITAL World Bank Harnessing Competitiveness for Stronger Inclusive Growth : Bangladesh Second Investment Climate Assessment |
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Bangladesh has recorded impressive
economic and social gains since the 1990s. Recent growth has
been at levels close to six percent. The country has doubled
per capita growth and taken large strides toward reaching
many Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), ahead of many
comparable countries. Attaining the MDGs calls for
accelerating economic growth to six-seven percent a year.
Accordingly, Bangladesh's Poverty Reduction Strategy
Paper (PRSP), ?unlocking the potential, puts into sharp
focus the need for investment climate improvements, as well
as inclusive growth and empowering the poor. Accelerating
growth will require greater investment - to aid
diversification into areas of comparative advantage and to
finance infrastructure - and higher productivity. This in
turn calls for a substantial improvement in the investment
climate. The strategy as laid out in the PRSP promotes an
enabling business environment as a key to Bangladesh's
development - by improving trade policies, enhancing the
legal and regulatory environment for the private sector,
developing an effective competition policy, establishing
policies friendly to foreign direct investment, and
deepening financial sector reforms. Addressing labor skills
and education is critical to improving productivity.
Improvements in the policy environment for energy
development are central to this effort, by strengthening the
institutional framework, addressing distorted pricing, and
encouraging accountable and transparent processes for
investment decisions. Equitable growth and empowerment of
the poor further call for strengthening of high-growth rural
and peri-urban areas with natural potential, via services
and infrastructure provision to such promising growth poles.
With sustained growth, the scarcity of certain resources
(energy, finance, land, labor skills) has started to strain
the economy's growth and productivity gains. Along
those lines, authors hope that this report will highlight
successful strategies to unblock bottlenecks in basic
resource markets and the investment environment, informing
the policy dialogue and allowing for the economy and
development of Bangladesh to forge ahead in a rapid, robust,
and socially equitable manner. |
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Economic & Sector Work :: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) |
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Harnessing Competitiveness for Stronger Inclusive Growth : Bangladesh Second Investment Climate Assessment |
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Harnessing Competitiveness for Stronger Inclusive Growth : Bangladesh Second Investment Climate Assessment |
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Harnessing Competitiveness for Stronger Inclusive Growth : Bangladesh Second Investment Climate Assessment |
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Harnessing Competitiveness for Stronger Inclusive Growth : Bangladesh Second Investment Climate Assessment |
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Harnessing Competitiveness for Stronger Inclusive Growth : Bangladesh Second Investment Climate Assessment |
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harnessing competitiveness for stronger inclusive growth : bangladesh second investment climate assessment |
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Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-80252021-04-23T14:02:35Z Harnessing Competitiveness for Stronger Inclusive Growth : Bangladesh Second Investment Climate Assessment World Bank ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO FINANCING ACCESS TO FORMAL FINANCE ACCESS TO INVESTMENT ACCESS TO LOANS ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ADB AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AUTONOMY BAD DEBT BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNTS BANK ASSETS BANK CREDIT BANK FINANCING BANK LOAN BANK LOANS BANK OFFICE BANK SERVICES BANKING INDUSTRY BANKING SECTOR BANKING SYSTEM BANKS BOOK VALUE BORROWER BORROWING BUDGET MANAGEMENT BUSINESS ASSOCIATION BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUSINESS LOANS BUSINESS LOCATION BUSINESS NETWORK BUSINESS PLANNING BUSINESS SUPPORT CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL STOCK COLLATERAL COLLEGE DEGREE COMMERCIAL BANK COMMERCIAL MORTGAGES CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION CREDIT BUREAU CREDIT INFORMATION CREDIT INFORMATION BUREAU CREDIT REGISTRY CREDIT SCORE CREDITS CURRENCY DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPMENT BANK DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC CREDIT DOMESTIC MARKET E-GOVERNMENT EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT OF THE POOR ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURS EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORTERS FARM ENTERPRISES FARMERS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP FINANCE COSTS FINANCES FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCING SOURCES FIRM PERFORMANCE FIXED ASSETS FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN CAPITAL FLOWS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FORMAL FINANCE GENDER GENDER ISSUES GENDER SEGREGATION GOVERNMENT REGULATION GREATER ACCESS HIGH INTEREST RATES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITY INFLATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTERNAL FINANCING INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INVESTING INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT DECISIONS JOB CREATION LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKET LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRICES LAND RECORDS LAND REGISTRATION LAND USE LARGE CITIES LAWS LENDING TECHNIQUES LINE OF CREDIT LOAN LOAN AMOUNTS LOAN FINANCING LOAN SIZE LOAN TERM LOCAL GOVERNMENT LONG TERM FINANCING LONG-TERM INVESTMENT LONG-TERM LENDING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MANAGEMENT EDUCATION MARKET SHARE MARKET VALUE METROPOLITAN AREAS METROPOLITAN CITIES MFI MICRO-BUSINESS MICRO-ENTERPRISES MICRO-ENTREPRENEURS MICRO-FINANCE MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION MIGRANT WORKER MIGRANT WORKERS MOBILE PHONE MORTGAGES MOVABLE COLLATERAL MULTINATIONALS MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT MUNICIPALITIES NATIONALIZED BANKS NATURAL RESOURCES NEW ENTRANTS OPERATING EFFICIENCY OVERDRAFT PERSONAL ASSET PERSONAL ASSETS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLITICAL STABILITY PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATE CREDIT PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MARGINS PROPRIETORSHIPS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS REAL ESTATE RED TAPE REGISTRATION FEES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RELIANCE ON COLLATERAL REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REPAYMENT REPAYMENT PERIODS RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL MARKETS SALES GROWTH SAVINGS SMALL ENTERPRISE SMALL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY STAMP DUTIES START-UP STATE BANKS TAX TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX CODE TAX COMPLIANCE TAX REGIME TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERM CREDIT TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE REGIME TRADING TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN CONGESTION URBANIZATION VILLAGE VILLAGES WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WORKING CAPITAL Bangladesh has recorded impressive economic and social gains since the 1990s. Recent growth has been at levels close to six percent. The country has doubled per capita growth and taken large strides toward reaching many Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), ahead of many comparable countries. Attaining the MDGs calls for accelerating economic growth to six-seven percent a year. Accordingly, Bangladesh's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), ?unlocking the potential, puts into sharp focus the need for investment climate improvements, as well as inclusive growth and empowering the poor. Accelerating growth will require greater investment - to aid diversification into areas of comparative advantage and to finance infrastructure - and higher productivity. This in turn calls for a substantial improvement in the investment climate. The strategy as laid out in the PRSP promotes an enabling business environment as a key to Bangladesh's development - by improving trade policies, enhancing the legal and regulatory environment for the private sector, developing an effective competition policy, establishing policies friendly to foreign direct investment, and deepening financial sector reforms. Addressing labor skills and education is critical to improving productivity. Improvements in the policy environment for energy development are central to this effort, by strengthening the institutional framework, addressing distorted pricing, and encouraging accountable and transparent processes for investment decisions. Equitable growth and empowerment of the poor further call for strengthening of high-growth rural and peri-urban areas with natural potential, via services and infrastructure provision to such promising growth poles. With sustained growth, the scarcity of certain resources (energy, finance, land, labor skills) has started to strain the economy's growth and productivity gains. Along those lines, authors hope that this report will highlight successful strategies to unblock bottlenecks in basic resource markets and the investment environment, informing the policy dialogue and allowing for the economy and development of Bangladesh to forge ahead in a rapid, robust, and socially equitable manner. 2012-06-14T16:57:00Z 2012-06-14T16:57:00Z 2008-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/12765425/harnessing-competitiveness-stronger-inclusive-growth-bangladesh-second-investment-climate-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8025 English Bangladesh Development Series Paper; no. 25 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) Economic & Sector Work South Asia Bangladesh |