National Budget for FY2012
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A paper prepared under the programme
Independent Review of Bangladesh’s Development (IRBD) of the
Centre for Policy Dialogue
(CPD)
June
2012
Analysis of the
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Content
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The Context: Setting the Benchmarks
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Public Finance Framework
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Overview of
Fiscal Measures
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Sectoral Measures
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Social Sector
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Social Safety Net Programmes
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Reforms and Policy Initiatives
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Concluding Remarks
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Analysis of the
National Budget for FY2012
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CPD IRBD 2011
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Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya,
Distinguished Fellow, CPD was in overall charge of preparing this report as the Team Leader.
Lead contributions were provided by
Professor Mustafizur Rahman
, Executive Director;
Dr Fahmida Khatun
, Head, Research Division;
Dr Khondaker Golam Moazzem
, Seni or Research Fellow;
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