In Two Volumes Volume II: Main Report
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- GOVERNMENT FISCAL YEAR
- Vice President: Isabel M. Guerrero, SARVP Country Director
- TABLE OF CONTENTS I.Overall Growth Trends and Patterns 9 II.Sources of Growth 16 III.Bangladesh’s Growth Enablers 23
- VII.The Way Forward 59 Appendix 1A: Methodology used in the Sources of Growth Analysis 61 Appendix 1B: Construction of the Variable ”Reform Period” 63
- X. Remittance-Growth Nexus 98 XI.Migration Outlook and Policy Agenda 102 Appendix 2A 108
- I. Has Growth Been Pro-Poor 127 II. How Has Growth Been Distributed Across the Population 133
- Appendix 3A: Measuring Inclusiveness of Growth 149 IEx-Post Impacts of Climate Change on Growth 159 IA Micro Study of Household Adaptation to Climate 169
- XII.City Competitiveness: Drivers and Obstacles Through a Private Sector Lens 210 XIII.Dhaka City Corporation 215 XIV.Dhaka Peri-Urban Areas 225
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Bangladesh: Towards Accelerated, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth—Opportunities and Challenges (In Two Volumes) Volume II: Main Report June, 2012 Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit South Asia Region, World Bank  Document of the World BankACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report was prepared by Zahid Hussain and Lalita Moorty (Task Team leaders, SASEP). The core team included Faizuddin Ahmed, Sanjana Zaman, Diepak Elmer, and Nadeem Rizwan (SASEP). The Climate Change chapter was prepared by Emmanuel Skoufias, Syud Amer Ahmed, Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay, Nobuo Yoshida, Meera Mahadevan, and Shinya Takamatsu (PRMPR). James Thurlow (UNU-WIDER) provided valuable guidance. This report has also benefited from helpful feedback from Winston Yu (SASDA), Terrie Walmsley, Angel Aguiar (Purdue University), and Csilla Lakatos (US ITC). The team gratefully acknowledges funding from JOTAP (funded by DFID). The Urban chapter was prepared by Elisa Muzzini, Pedro Amaral, Gabriela Aparicio, Richard Clifford, Mario Di Filippo, Wietze Lindeboom, and Mark Roberts (SASDU). The garment survey for the study was undertaken by NIELSEN (Dhaka). The team would like to thank the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, the Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Associations, the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufactures & Exporters Association, and the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority for their support to the survey team and the managers and workers of the garment firms that participated in the survey. The team would like to thank Thomas Farole (PRMTR), Songsu Choi, Zahed Khan, Bill Kingdom, Bala Menon (SASDU), Martin Norman, Shihab Ansari Azhar (CSABI) for their valuable contributions. Tony Venables, Professor of Economics, University of Oxford, provided technical inputs to the team on the survey questionnaire. The team thanks Cities Alliance and AusAID for the funding for this work. The team would like to thank the peer reviewers- Dr. A.B.M. Md. Mirza Azizul Islam (Former Finance Adviser to the caretaker government), Jorge Araujo (Lead Economist, LCSPE), Steve Karam (Lead Urban Specialist, ECSS6), Winston Yu (Senior Water Resources Specialist, SASDA) Andras Horvai (Country Program Coordinator, Bangladesh and Nepal) and Luis Alberto Andres (Senior Economist, SASSD)) for valuable comments and suggestions. The team would like to thank all participants of the stakeholder consultations held in Dhaka (see Annex – A for a list of all participants). We benefitted immensely from their comments and guidance. The team also thanks the Government of Bangladesh for the cooperation extended in the preparation of the report and for their participation in stakeholder consultations. At the same time the team would like to acknowledge that the views expressed in this report are those of the World Bank and may not necessarily be the views of the Government of Bangladesh. The team gratefully acknowledges guidance from Sanjay Kathuria and Vinaya Swaroop (SASEP). Ellen Goldstein (Country Director, Bangladesh and Nepal) and Ernesto May (Sector Director, SASPM) helped shape the strategic directions of this report. Finally, the team thanks Mehar Akhtar Khan for formatting the document. GOVERNMENT FISCAL YEAR July 1 – June 30 CURRENT EQUIVALENTS Currency Unit = Bangladeshi Taka (Tk) US$1 = Tk 81.8 (June, 2012) ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS I.Overall Growth Trends and Patterns 9 II.Sources of Growth 16 III.Bangladesh’s Growth Enablers 23 IV.Can Bangladesh Maintain Current Growth Rates? 32 V.The Prospects of Achieving Middle-Income Status by 2021 39 VI.The Challenge of Accelerating Growth 42 VII.The Way Forward 59 Appendix 1A: Methodology used in the Sources of Growth Analysis 61 Appendix 1B: Construction of the Variable ”Reform Period” 63 ITrends and Significance 71 VIII.Determinants of Remittances 71 IX.Impact of Remittances at Household Level: From Direct to Indirect Contribution 95 X. Remittance-Growth Nexus 98 XI.Migration Outlook and Policy Agenda 102 Appendix 2A 108 Appendix 2B: Methodology for Estimating Impact of 111 Remittances on per capita GDP Growth 111 Appendix 2C: Regression Results 115 I. Has Growth Been Pro-Poor? 127 II. How Has Growth Been Distributed Across the Population? 133 III. What Has Happened to the Distribution of Economic Opportunities? 137 IV. Labor Market Dynamics and Challenges 141 V. Policy Implications 146 Appendix 3A: Measuring Inclusiveness of Growth 149 IEx-Post Impacts of Climate Change on Growth 159 IA Micro Study of Household Adaptation to Climate 169 I. Introduction 186 II. Bangladesh’s Urban Space: Features and Implications of the Urban Growth Agenda 187 XII.City Competitiveness: Drivers and Obstacles Through a Private Sector Lens 210 XIII.Dhaka City Corporation 215 XIV.Dhaka Peri-Urban Areas 225 XV.Chittagong City Corporation 227 XVI.Medium and Small Cities 243 XVII.Building a Competitive Urban Space in a Global Economy: Strategic Directions 245 Directory: curated curated -> Social Management Framework madhya pradesh higher education quality improvement project (mpheqip) Draft curated -> Stephane guimbert curated -> Social Assessment for nacp IV ipp612 v1 curated -> T 68845 akeover Laws and Financial Development curated -> Draft for discussion curated -> C 70462 ontents Contents curated -> Final report program director punjab education sector reforms program curated -> The world bank group curated -> Technical notes Download 10.55 Mb. Share with your friends:
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