Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Key Messages -- Chapter 1 Bangladesh's Trade Performance -- Introduction -- Bangladesh's Macroeconomic Performance -- Bangladesh's Performance in Goods Trade -- Dependence on Imports -- Exporting...

This is volume 2 of a three-volume publication on Bangladesh's trade prospects. Bangladesh's ambition is to build on its very solid growth and poverty reduction achievements, and accelerate growth to become a middle income country by 2021, and share prosperity more widely amongst its citizens....

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Section I SPECIFICITY OF TRADE CREDIT AND TRADE FINANCE DURING CRISES -- 1 Trade Credit versus Bank Credit during Financial Crises -- 2 Firms' Trade-Financing Decisions during...

Trade finance matters for trade, and when financial markets and world trade collapsed three years ago, a shortage in trade finance was hailed as a possible culprit. Because of the potential for global repercussions, world leaders called on the international community to act swiftly to avoid a...