An edition of Bangladesh
(2001)
Bangladesh
by Rajendra Paratian
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Part I Trends in globalization and social progress 7
A. M ain features of trade policies9
B. Trade and investment flows 16
C. Overview of social developments since trade and
investment liberalization 24
Part II Assessing the social impact of globalization39
A. Comparison of labour market developments before
and after trade liberalization41
B. Analysis of the possible links between trade and labour markets45
C. Impediments to greater benefits of globalization52
Part III Policy issues 57
A. Improving the gains from trade59
B. Widening access to primary education65
C. Poverty-alleviation programmes and the elimination of
child labour69
D. Labour-management relations and labour law72
Concluding remarks77
Bibliography79 List of figures
1 GDP growth rate and inflation 6
2 Exports and imports of goods and services 18 ix
3 Exports by main products, 1979/80-96/9720
4 Foreign direct investment in Bangladesh by origin and industry23
5 Composition of the population, 1989 and 1995/9625
6 Employment trends26
7 Status in employment, 1989 and 1995/9632
8 Trends in real wages, 1982/83-96/9735
9 Gini index of income inequality, 1983/84-95/9636
10 Trends in savings and investment, 1988/89-97/98 42
11 Coverage of imports of goods and services, 1979/80-96/9743
12 Impact of trade liberalization on urban-rural inequalities46
13 Diverging trends in real capita income of richest and
poorest households, 1985/86-95/96 48
14 Government current expenditure, 1989/90-96/9766
15 Resources allocated to primary education, 1990/91-95/96 67
16 Government revenue receipts, 1989/90-96/9771 List of tables
1 Import liberalization11
2 Trade and investment of EPZs in Bangladesh, 1991/92-95/9614
3 Direction of exports and imports by country, 1990/91-95/9617
4 Foreign direct investment by major industrial group registered
with the BOI, 1990/91-97/98 22
5 Unemployment rate by area, sex, age and education, 1989-1995/9627
6 Labour force participation rate by sex and area28
7 Underemployment and hours worked, 1995/9629
8 Child labour characteristics30
9 Education level and literacy rate of the labour force, 1995/9634
10 Incidence of poverty, 1988/89-95/9636
11 Revealed comparative advantage, 1990 and 1995 44
12 The widening gap between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors48
13 Per capita GDP at constant market prices by region49
14 Labour cost per hour in the textile and apparel industries
by country, 1993 and 199655
15 The Government's educational priorities 56
16 The growth of registered trade unions in Bangladesh, 1971-97 73 List of boxes
1 The Grameen model of poverty alleviation 62.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-81) and index.
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