ASSIGNMENT ON ECONOMY OF BANGLADESH
(Macroeconomic Performances)
DATED: 01st April, 2013
SUBMITTED TO
Kazi Rayhan Uddin
Lecturer, Department of Management Studies University of Dhaka
SUBMITTED BY
Introduction:
Bangladesh, small state of South-East Asia with the total area of 144,570 sq km, can‘t still shake off the ill-reputation of being one of the least developed countries, shadowed by miserable poverty, high illiteracy rate and a gigantic population of 141, 340,476 (July 2004 est.) Moreover natural disasters such as seasonal inundation, cyclones, draughts etc. constantly pursue its lot every year, which break the backbone of the economy and frustrate future planning. Economy is sick with high inflation rate.
The Economy of Bangladesh is growing one. It is basically divided into three basic sectors viz. Service, Agriculture and Industry. Among the Economic Sectors in Bangladesh, Service sector is most important. The contribution of service sector to the GDP is about 50% (Bangladesh Economic Review-2010). So, Service sectors influence the development of national economy. There is a latent demand for services in Bangladesh. To specify the need of services for huge population of Bangladesh, such sectors are to be opened for private entrepreneurs with required control. The enormous contribution of service sector and an increasing trend therein have played an important role in high growth of GDP.
Bangladesh faces the challenge of achieving accelerated economic growth and alleviating the massive poverty that afflicts nearly two-fifths of its 160 million populations. Strategies for meeting this challenge have included a shift away from state-bureaucratic controls and industrial autarky towards economic liberalization and integration with the global economy. These policy reforms were initiated in the mid-1980s against the backdrop of serious macroeconomic imbalances, caused in part by