LEADER 06375oam 22005895 450 001 9910967044403321 005 20240501073916.0 010 $a9781464808999 010 $a1464808996 024 7 $a10.1596/978-1-4648-0898-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000829210 035 $a(EBL)4643638 035 $a(OCoLC)956998782 035 $a(The World Bank)210898 035 $a(US-djbf)210898 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4643638 035 $a(Perlego)1484122 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000829210 100 $a20020129d2016 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aStrengthening Competitiveness In Bangladesh-Thematic Assessment : $eA Diagnostic Trade Integration Study /$fSanjay Kathuria 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cThe World Bank,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (300 pages) 225 1 $aDirections in Development;Directions in Development - Trade 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781464808982 311 08$a1464808988 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aFront 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 Firms' Performance and Dynamics; Bangladesh's Trade in Services; Exports of Labor Services; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Trade Policy, Export Incentives, and Consumer Welfare; Introduction; Heavy Border Taxation; Distortionary Incentives; Tariffs Influenced Heavily by Revenue Considerations; Nontariff Measures 327 $aTrade Policy and WelfareServices Trade Policy Restrictiveness; Conclusions; Annex 2A: Survey Data and Computations for ERP Analysis; Annex 2B: Analysis of Tariff Redundancy; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Market Access: From Preferences to Global Integration; Introduction; Preferential Access for Bangladesh in High-Income Economies; Increased Role of Regional Markets for Bangladeshi Exports; Integrating into Production-Sharing Networks; Export Promotion in Bangladesh; Recommendations; Annex 3A: Regression Results; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Leveraging Institutions for Trade Development 327 $aIntroductionTrade Policy Institutions; Interagency Coordination and Consultation; Toward a New Trade Policy Framework; Building Institutional Capacity; Conclusion and Recommendations; Annex 4A: Details of Organizations in Bangladesh and Overseas; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Meeting the Quality Challenge: Technical Regulation, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, and Quality Infrastructure; Introduction; Background; Meeting the Quality Challenge Abroad: How Bangladesh Manages Export Quality; Meeting the Quality Challenge at Home: How Bangladesh Manages Import Procedures 327 $aMeeting the Quality Challenge Next Door: Regional Trade and QualityConclusions and Recommendations; Annex 5A: Current and Upcoming BSTI Projects; Notes; References; Chapter 6 Trade Facilitation and Logistics; Introduction; Logistics Performance; Customs and Border Management; Regional Integration and Trade Facilitation; Options for Improving Trade Facilitation and Logistics Performance in Bangladesh; Annex 6A: List of Goods That Can Be Cleared in Off-Dock Yards; Notes; References; Chapter 7 Constraints to Trade Finance; Introduction; Role of Trade Finance; Trade Finance in Bangladesh 330 3 $aThis 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. This includes one of its greatest development challenges: to provide gainful employment to the over 2 million people that will join the labor force each year over the next decade. Moreover, only 54.1 million of its 94 million working age people are employed. Bangladesh needs to use its labor endowment even more intensively to increase growth and, in turn, to absorb the incoming labor. The Diagnostic Trade Integration Study identifies the following actions centered around four pillars to sustain and accelerate export growth: (1) breaking into new markets through a) better trade logistics to reduce delivery lags ; as world markets become more competitive and newer products demand shorter lead times, to generate new sources of competitiveness and thereby enable market diversification; and b) better exploitation of regional trading opportunities in nearby growing and dynamic markets, especially East and South Asia; (2) breaking into new products through a) more neutral and rational trade policy and taxation and bonded warehouse schemes; b) concerted efforts to spur domestic investment and attract foreign direct investment, to contribute to export promotion and diversification, including by easing the energy and land constraints; and c) strategic development and promotion of services trade; (3) improving worker and consumer welfare by a) improving skills and literacy; b) implementing labor and work safety guidelines; and c) making safety nets more effective in dealing with trade shocks; and (4) building a supportive environment, including a) sustaining sound macroeconomic fundamentals; and b) strengthening the institutional capacity for strategic policy making aimed at the objective of international competitiveness to help bring focus and coherence to the government's reform efforts. This second volume provides in-depth analysis across seven cross-cutting themes that underpin most of the findings of pillars 1 and 2 above. 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aInternational economic relations 607 $aBangladesh$xCommerce 615 0$aInternational economic relations. 676 $a337 700 $aKathuria$b Sanjay$01605268 702 $aKathuria$b Sanjay 702 $aMalouche$b Mariem Mezghenni 801 0$bDJBF 801 1$bDJBF 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910967044403321 996 $aStrengthening Competitiveness In Bangladesh-Thematic Assessment$94365401 997 $aUNINA