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Bangladesh [[electronic resource] /] / Rajendra Paratian and Raymond Torres
| Bangladesh [[electronic resource] /] / Rajendra Paratian and Raymond Torres |
| Autore | Paratian Rajendra |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (92 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | TorresRaymond |
| Collana | Studies on the social dimensions of globalization |
| Soggetto topico |
Foreign trade and employment - Bangladesh
International economic integration - Social aspects Globalization - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450054703321 |
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| Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bangladesh [[electronic resource] /] / Rajendra Paratian and Raymond Torres
| Bangladesh [[electronic resource] /] / Rajendra Paratian and Raymond Torres |
| Autore | Paratian Rajendra |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (92 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | TorresRaymond |
| Collana | Studies on the social dimensions of globalization |
| Soggetto topico |
Foreign trade and employment - Bangladesh
International economic integration - Social aspects Globalization - Social aspects |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Part I Trends in globalization and social progress 7 -- A. M ain features of trade policies9 -- B. Trade and investment flows 16 -- C. Overview of social developments since trade and -- investment liberalization 24 -- Part II Assessing the social impact of globalization39 -- A. Comparison of labour market developments before -- and after trade liberalization41 -- B. Analysis of the possible links between trade and labour markets45 -- C. Impediments to greater benefits of globalization52 -- Part III Policy issues 57 -- A. Improving the gains from trade59 -- B. Widening access to primary education65 -- C. Poverty-alleviation programmes and the elimination of -- child labour69 -- D. Labour-management relations and labour law72 -- Concluding remarks77 -- Bibliography79 List of figures -- 1 GDP growth rate and inflation 6 -- 2 Exports and imports of goods and services 18 ix -- 3 Exports by main products, 1979/80-96/9720 -- 4 Foreign direct investment in Bangladesh by origin and industry23 -- 5 Composition of the population, 1989 and 1995/9625 -- 6 Employment trends26 -- 7 Status in employment, 1989 and 1995/9632 -- 8 Trends in real wages, 1982/83-96/9735 -- 9 Gini index of income inequality, 1983/84-95/9636 -- 10 Trends in savings and investment, 1988/89-97/98 42 -- 11 Coverage of imports of goods and services, 1979/80-96/9743 -- 12 Impact of trade liberalization on urban-rural inequalities46 -- 13 Diverging trends in real capita income of richest and -- poorest households, 1985/86-95/96 48 -- 14 Government current expenditure, 1989/90-96/9766 -- 15 Resources allocated to primary education, 1990/91-95/96 67 -- 16 Government revenue receipts, 1989/90-96/9771 List of tables -- 1 Import liberalization11 -- 2 Trade and investment of EPZs in Bangladesh, 1991/92-95/9614 -- 3 Direction of exports and imports by country, 1990/91-95/9617 -- 4 Foreign direct investment by major industrial group registered -- with the BOI, 1990/91-97/98 22 -- 5 Unemployment rate by area, sex, age and education, 1989-1995/9627 -- 6 Labour force participation rate by sex and area28 -- 7 Underemployment and hours worked, 1995/9629 -- 8 Child labour characteristics30 -- 9 Education level and literacy rate of the labour force, 1995/9634 -- 10 Incidence of poverty, 1988/89-95/9636 -- 11 Revealed comparative advantage, 1990 and 1995 44 -- 12 The widening gap between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors48 -- 13 Per capita GDP at constant market prices by region49 -- 14 Labour cost per hour in the textile and apparel industries -- by country, 1993 and 199655 -- 15 The Government's educational priorities 56 -- 16 The growth of registered trade unions in Bangladesh, 1971-97 73 List of boxes -- 1 The Grameen model of poverty alleviation 62. |
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Paratian Rajendra
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| Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bangladesh [[electronic resource] ] : society & culture / / World Trade Press
| Bangladesh [[electronic resource] ] : society & culture / / World Trade Press |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Petaluma, Calif., : World Trade Press, c1993-2010 [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (6 p.) |
| Disciplina | 301.2 |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-60780-310-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458637103321 |
| Petaluma, Calif., : World Trade Press, c1993-2010 [2010] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bangladesh [[electronic resource] ] : society & culture / / World Trade Press
| Bangladesh [[electronic resource] ] : society & culture / / World Trade Press |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Petaluma, Calif., : World Trade Press, c1993-2010 [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (6 p.) |
| Disciplina | 301.2 |
| ISBN | 1-60780-310-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791114803321 |
| Petaluma, Calif., : World Trade Press, c1993-2010 [2010] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bangladesh [[electronic resource] ] : society & culture / / World Trade Press
| Bangladesh [[electronic resource] ] : society & culture / / World Trade Press |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Petaluma, Calif., : World Trade Press, c1993-2010 [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (6 p.) |
| Disciplina | 301.2 |
| ISBN | 1-60780-310-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813273903321 |
| Petaluma, Calif., : World Trade Press, c1993-2010 [2010] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Civil society by design [[electronic resource] ] : donors, NGOs, and the intermestic development circle in Bangladesh / / Kendall W. Stiles
| Civil society by design [[electronic resource] ] : donors, NGOs, and the intermestic development circle in Bangladesh / / Kendall W. Stiles |
| Autore | Stiles Kendall W |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (183 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306/.095492 |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance - Bangladesh
Economic assistance, Domestic - Bangladesh Civil society - Bangladesh Non-governmental organizations - Bangladesh |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-42282-3
9786610422821 0-313-01229-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455701903321 |
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Stiles Kendall W
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| Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Civil society by design [[electronic resource] ] : donors, NGOs, and the intermestic development circle in Bangladesh / / Kendall W. Stiles
| Civil society by design [[electronic resource] ] : donors, NGOs, and the intermestic development circle in Bangladesh / / Kendall W. Stiles |
| Autore | Stiles Kendall W |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (183 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306/.095492 |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance - Bangladesh
Economic assistance, Domestic - Bangladesh Civil society - Bangladesh Non-governmental organizations - Bangladesh |
| ISBN |
1-280-42282-3
9786610422821 0-313-01229-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780259603321 |
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Stiles Kendall W
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| Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Civil society by design : donors, NGOs, and the intermestic development circle in Bangladesh / / Kendall W. Stiles
| Civil society by design : donors, NGOs, and the intermestic development circle in Bangladesh / / Kendall W. Stiles |
| Autore | Stiles Kendall W |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (183 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306/.095492 |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance - Bangladesh
Economic assistance, Domestic - Bangladesh Civil society - Bangladesh Non-governmental organizations - Bangladesh |
| ISBN |
979-84-00-62677-7
1-280-42282-3 9786610422821 0-313-01229-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- CIVIL SOCIETY BY DESIGN -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Intermestic Development Circles and Institutional Convergence -- INTERMESTIC DEVELOPMENT CIRCLES: AN EMERGING STRUCTURE -- THE EMERGENCE OF INTERMESTIC DEVELOPMENT CIRCLES: A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- Initiation -- Donor Interests and Perspectives -- NGO Priorities and Perspectives -- The Opportunity Presents Itself -- The Debt Crisis -- The Third Wave -- The Cold War Ends -- Institutionalization -- Theories of Inter-Organizational Behavior -- Contact Points -- New Principal-Agent Contracts -- NGO Professionalization -- Maturation -- Contrary Tendencies -- Implications -- OUTLINE OF THE PROJECT -- Bangladesh as a Most Likely Case -- Processes and Dynamics -- 2 Donors and NGOs in Bangladesh -- BANGLADESHI SOCIAL STRUCTURES -- BANGLADESHI NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS -- Origins -- Grameen and Microcredit -- The NGO Community Today -- Major NGOs -- Intermediary NGOs -- Mid-sized and Small NGOs -- Community Organizations -- THE FOREIGN DONOR COMMUNITY IN BANGLADESH -- Bilateral Official Donors -- Multilateral Official Donors -- INGOs -- 3 Dynamics of Intermestic Development Circles -- INITIATION -- Donor Community Interests -- The Washington Consensus -- Doing More with Less -- The Pluralist Moment -- NGO Community Interests -- Doing More with More -- The Utility of a Patron -- INSTITUTIONALIZATION -- Network Characteristics -- Contact Points -- Principal-Agent Controls -- Project Funding -- Program Grants -- Consortium -- NGO Obstructionism -- NGO Professionalization -- MATURATION -- Self-Selection -- Disaffection -- Identity Convergence -- Revolving Door -- CASE STUDIES -- The Flood Action Plan Case -- The GSS Case -- CONTRARY TENDENCIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- 4 The Marginalized: Civil Society, Mass Movements, and the State -- CIVIL SOCIETY -- Journalist Organizations -- Labor.
Private Sector -- Academic and Theater Groups -- ISLAMIC GROUPS -- MASS MOVEMENTS -- THE STATE -- State-Society Relations -- State-Donor Relations -- CONCLUSION: MARGINALIZED BANGLADESHI ACTORS -- EPILOGUE: DONOR MARGINALIZATION? -- 5 Conclusions and Implications for Theory and Policy -- SUMMARY OF THE STUDY -- Theoretical Propositions -- Findings -- Conclusions -- Generalizability? -- THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS -- Intermestic Development Circles and Democratization -- Intermestic Development Circles and Global Civil Society -- Globalization, Dependency, and Intermestic Development Circles -- POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- Intermestic Development Circles and Authenticity -- Rehabilitating the State? -- Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821593803321 |
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Stiles Kendall W
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| Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Notes on the races, castes and tribes of Eastern Bengal / / James Wise ; edited with an introduction by Ananda Bhattacharya
| Notes on the races, castes and tribes of Eastern Bengal / / James Wise ; edited with an introduction by Ananda Bhattacharya |
| Autore | Wise James <1834-1885., > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (542 pages) |
| Disciplina | 305.5122 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BhattacharyaAnanda |
| Soggetto topico |
Caste - Bangladesh
Occupations and race |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-315-27678-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Muhammadan -- pt. II. Religious sects of the Hindus -- pt. III. Hindu castes and aboriginal races -- pt. IV. Armenians -- pt. V. Portuguese of Eastern Bengal. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150342203321 |
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Wise James <1834-1885., >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Numbers and narratives in Bangladesh's economic development / / Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir
| Numbers and narratives in Bangladesh's economic development / / Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir |
| Autore | Titumir Rashed A. M. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxxv, 245 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 338.95492 |
| Soggetto topico | Economic development - Bangladesh |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 981-16-0658-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 -- Low Utilisation of Technology -- Loss from Covid-19 -- Transformability Conditions -- Diversification of Output -- Integrated Irrigation -- Optimum Use of Fertilisers -- Formalising Credit -- Mechanisation in Harvesting -- Integrated Agricultural Marketing System -- Sustainability Conditions -- Sustainable Irrigation Methods -- Shifting Towards Bio-Fertilisers -- Diversification Towards Cash Crops -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 3 Manufacturing Industry of Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Stability Conditions -- Production Capacity -- A Decelerating Trend.
A Below Mark Productivity -- A Narrow Product Basket -- Regulatory Uncertainty and Lack of Transparency -- Transitional Challenges from LDC to a DC -- Market Diversification -- Concentration in Export Market -- Employment Generation -- A Dominant Informal Sector -- Technological Catch-Up -- COVID-19: A Havoc in the Manufacturing Industry -- Transformability Conditions -- Increasing Competitiveness -- Augmentation of Technological Deepening -- Dual Circulation and Market Diversification -- Clean Production -- Sustainability Conditions -- Circular Production -- Equalising Returns -- Whole of Society -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 4 Financial Sector of Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Banking Sector: A Framework -- Stability Conditions -- Deterioration in Quality and Soundness -- Capital Adequacy Ratio -- Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) -- Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) -- Rescheduled Loans -- Shortfalls in Access and Functioning -- Domestic Credit -- Credit to Private Sector -- Branches of Banks -- Net Foreign Assets -- Transformability Conditions -- Performance and Profitability -- Return on Assets (RoA) -- Return on Equity (RoE) -- Net Interest Margin (NIM) -- Regulatory Reforms for Reversing the Trends -- Sustainability Conditions -- Diversification of Investment Portfolio -- Strengthened Policies for Risk Management -- Capital Market: A Framework -- Stability Conditions -- Size of the Market -- Market Capitalisation Ratio -- Turnover Ratio -- Trade by Foreign Investors -- Access to the Market -- Concentration in the Market -- Transformability Conditions -- Efficiency of the Market -- Risk Control Mechanisms -- Volatility of the Market -- Price-Earnings (P/E) Ratio -- Sustainability Conditions -- Linking the Banking Sector and Stock Market -- Growing Importance of Financial Sector in Pandemic Era -- Concluding Remarks -- References. 5 Education in Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Stability Conditions -- Increasing Access to Education -- Low Skill Formation and Innovation -- Waning Citizenship Education -- Disruptions Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Transformability Conditions -- Augmenting Secondary Education -- Vocational and Technical Education for Skilled Workforce -- Emphasis on Tertiary Education -- Quality Provisioning -- Access to Educational Infrastructure -- Sustainability Conditions -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 6 Health in Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Stability Conditions -- Low Public Expenditure -- Inequality in Health Outcomes and Access -- High Out of Pocket Expenditure (OOP) -- Transformability Conditions -- Budget Allocation for Universal Healthcare -- Ensuring Universal Healthcare System -- Sustainability Conditions -- Moving Towards Quality Health Service -- Capacity to Absorb Shocks: Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 7 Poverty and Inequality in Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Stability Conditions -- Slow Reduction -- Persistent Regional Differences -- New Poor Due to COVID-19 -- Inadequate Investment in Education and Health -- Declining Real Wage and Rising Inequality -- Absence of Universal Social Security -- Rising Trend in Income Inequality -- Growing Concentration and Centralisation of Income -- Consumption and Nutritional Inequality -- Inequality in Food and Nutrition Intakes -- Gender Inequality in Literacy and Education -- Gender Disparity in Participation and Earnings -- Fiscal Policy-Dependence on Regressive Taxes -- Low Tax-GDP Ratio -- New Poor Driven by Covid-19 -- Inequality Propelled by Covid-19 -- Transformability Conditions -- Policies of Active Restraint -- Institutional Provisioning for Skilled Labour -- Public Financing for Coping. Strengthening Coping Mechanisms for Climate Displaced Communities -- Social Security in the Post-pandemic Era -- Sustainability Conditions -- Policies for Resilience -- Accountable and Equalising State -- Strengthening Social Contract -- A Human-Nature Compatibility -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 8 Conclusions: Institutions, Political Settlement and Economic Outcome -- Power, Institutions and Economy -- Institutions and the Economy -- Growth and Real Sectors -- Financial Sector -- Education and Health -- Poverty and Inequality -- References -- Index. |
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Titumir Rashed A. M.
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| Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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