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Autore |
Titumir Rashed A. M. |
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Numbers and narratives in Bangladesh's economic development / / Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir |
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Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021] |
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©2021 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxxv, 245 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic development - Bangladesh |
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Bangladesh Economic conditions |
Bangladesh Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Introducing the Framework -- Scope of the book -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Economic Growth in Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Stability Conditions -- Labour Utilisation and Migration -- Consumption-Led Growth from Shifts in the Labour Force -- Incongruent Improvements in the Social Sector -- Jobless Growth -- Higher Concentration in Informal Employment -- Stagnant Investment and Savings -- Declining Capacity of Public Spending -- Weak Revenue Collection -- Regressive Tax Structure -- Institutional Weakness in Public Spending -- Discrepancies in Accounting Methodology -- Covid-19 and Risks -- Transformability Conditions -- Political Settlement -- Competitive Clientelism -- Investment in Human Capital -- Productive Expansion -- Sustainability Conditions -- Institutions for Conservation of Natural Resources -- Growth and the Environment -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 2 Agriculture in Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Stability Conditions -- Fragility in Food Security -- Slow Rate of Structural Transformation -- Increasing Land Fragmentation -- Overuse of Fertilisers -- Differential Access to Credit -- Declining Agricultural Productivity with Concentrated Output Basket |
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