Although there has been much theorising on the impact of Indias economic reforms of 1991 on Indian manufacturers, there is hardly any previous study that has taken up the task of actually asking the manufacturing firms as to what the true impact of economic reforms has been on them. In this...

Over the last year we have been commemorating the 40th year of Bangladesh’s independence. In these 40 years Bangladesh has registered many gains for which we should feel proud. We have established a globally competitive garment industry moved ahead of India in particular areas of human...

Macroeconomic management in FY2009-10 had to confront and address the twin tasks of reviving the investment which had slowed down the GDP growth performance in the recent past, and responding to the lagged impact of the global financial crisis with its demonstrated adverse consequences for...

Price hike of essential commodities has been one of the major challenges facing the incumbent Caretaker Government (CTG) of Bangladesh. Figure 1.1 evince that the economy has been experiencing a creeping inflation over the recent past. Two most distinctive features of this inflationary trend had...

Positive Economic Developments (i) Improvements in Income Tax Collection (ii) Sustained Manufacturing Growth (iii)Impressive Disbursement of Term Loan (iv)Robust Export Growth (v) Rejuvenated Capital Market (vi)Buoyant Remittance Flow (vii)Improving Port Situation (viii)More Competition in...

Sustainable poverty reduction requires employment generating economic growth with an emphasis on the development of human capital to empower the poor to participate in the growth process. Mobilising resources for poverty reduction programmes may not bring expected results unless policymaking and...

The Budget for FY2009-10, expected to be presented at the session of the Bangladesh Jatyo Sangshad on 11 June 2009, comes in the backdrop of manifold challenges that the Bangladesh economy had to face in FY2008-09. From the perspective of macroeconomic governance the current fiscal year has been...

The objective of this report is to provide CPD’s assessment of the Bangladesh macroeconomic situation as the country moves towards the elections. As is known, CPD carries out analysis and assessment of the movement of major macroeconomic indicators on an ongoing basis, carried out under...

Bangladesh came into being following more than two decades of political struggle culminating in the war of independence in 1971. This struggle was inspired by a vision for a democratic, non-communal, prosperous, and equitable society. After 15 years of parliamentary democracy, it is reasonable...

Over the first six months of the current fiscal year, almost all the major targets set for FY2007-08 by the current CTG came under serious test. Two successive floods, cyclone Sidr, global market situation, domestic inflation and the consequent impact on investment and business scenarios have...