MGT-405: International Business
Submitted to:
Mohammad Shariat Ullah
Assistant Professor
Department of Management
University of Dhaka
Submitted by:
Tapash Chandra Paul
Roll: 35
Section: A; Batch: 17th
Department of Management
University of Dhaka
Submission Date: March 23, 2014
Table of Contents
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(A) Foreign Direct Investment in Bangladesh
1.0 Introduction
1.1 FDI and its Concepts
1.2 Importance of FDI
1.3 Opportunities of FDI in Bangladesh
1.4 Major Obstacles to FDI in Bangladesh
1.5 Suggestion to Attract FDI in Bangladesh
1.6 FDI Policymakers Must Consider the Following Issues
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04-05
05-06
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(B) A Review of Import Policies and Regimes in Bangladesh
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Evolution of Import Policies and Quantitative Restrictions
2.2 Imports into Bangladesh
2.3 Areas for Improvement in import-Promoting Policies
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07-08
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09-10
(C) A Review of the Export Regime and the Export Policy
3.0 Evolution of the Export Policies
3.1 Trend in the Exports from Bangladesh
3.2 Areas for Improvement in Export-Promoting Policies
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11-12
12-14
4.0 Conclusion
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5.0 Reference
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Foreign Direct Investment in Bangladesh:
1.0 Introduction
Rapid industrialization is essential in Bangladesh to keep pace with its development needs.
But the low rate of Gross Domestic Savings and Investment as well as low level of technology base hamper the expected industrialization process. Foreign aids and grants had been serving to bridge the gap. As the developing countries are in the process of graduating from being aid dependent economy into a trading economy, therefore, FDI is viewed as a major stimulus to economic growth in these countries. Despite some policies reforms,
Bangladesh could not attract handsome flow of FDI as yet. Furthermore, the lion‟s share of
FDI is being repatriated. The main focus of this paper is to reveal some general features of
FDI, to find