INTRODUCTION The economy of Bangladesh is rapidly developing market-based economy. According to the International Monetary Fund‚ Bangladesh ranked as the 43rd largest economy in the world in 2010 in PPP terms and 57th largest in nominal terms‚ among the Next Eleven or N-11 of Goldman Sachs and D-8 economies. The economy has grown at the rate of 6-7% per annum over the past few years. More than half of the GDP is generated by the service sector; while nearly half of Bangladeshis are employed in the
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Kazi Nazrul Islam University Trishal‚ Bangladesh Abstract: The study was conducted at the Department of Economics‚ University of Chittagong‚ Bangladesh between December 2010 and April 2011. Balance of payments plays the most important role in a country’s economy. As a developing country‚ Bangladesh cannot claim that its performances are satisfactory. The objective of this analysis is to develop some ideas about the balance of payments of Bangladesh. It is expected that trade liberalization
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FOREIGN WORKER IN MALAYSIA The presence of foreign workers is one of the most critical issues facing the Malaysian construction market‚ as the increasing construction work which requires significant man-power. Most of the workers come from neighbouring countries such as Indonesia‚ Bangladesh‚ the Philippines‚ Nepal‚ Myanmar‚ Vietnam and India. What causes the increasing numbers foreign workers in the construction sites? The causes for the influx of foreign workers in Malaysia is the locals prefer
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Background Bangladesh has made great strides in improving the health of its population‚ much more than a country at its level of development can be expected to do. Serious problems still remain in reducing child malnutrition and maternal mortality in particular; nonetheless‚ the aggregative results achieved in the last three decades are quite impressive. These achievements have certainly have gone a long way towards fulfilling the right to health in Bangladesh. This paper argues‚ however‚ that despite
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WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN BANGLADESH Introduction: Contribution of women in the economy is very important for the growth of socio-economic environment of Bangladesh. Without a meaningful and active participation of women‚ half of the total population‚ in regular economic activities‚ a dynamic and sustainable economy is impossible. In view of the need to bring the rural womenfolk in the development stream of the country‚ both the Government‚ the NGOs and other related agencies have
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Government of Bangladesh conducted an extensive survey‚ the results of that survey show that only 32% of households use sanitary latrines‚ 25% use unhygienic latrines and 43% use no latrines. The majority of people in Bangladesh have a poor understanding of the link between poor hygiene and disease. We hope this problem will be solved by creating proper awareness among the people. No more people will be died by this kind of diseases and people will be living happily and our dearest Bangladesh will be
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CHAPTER 1 MACROECONOMIC SITUATION [The economy of Bangladesh has successfully tackled the contagion effect of global economic crisis and managed to maintain a sustained growth. According to a provisional estimate‚ the economy has posted a growth of 6.66 percent in FY2010-11 against that of 6.07 percent in FY2009-10. This performance is mainly attributable to the sustained growth in agriculture sector coupled with recovery of growth in industry sector and the satisfactory performance of service
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Assignment On “Globalization and its Impact on Bangladesh Economy” (ECO 360‚ Section: 1) Assignment on “Globalization and its impact on Bangladesh Economy”. Subject: ECO 360 (Socio-Economics Profile of Bangladesh) Section: 1 Submitted To: Muhammad Mahboob Ali Adjunct Faculty‚ Department of Economics‚ East West University. Submitted By: Name | ID
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well‚ particularly those from Indonesia‚ Pakistan‚ Bangladesh‚ and the Philippines.The country’s three main races Malays‚ Chinese and Indians now find the problem of the situation an increasing numbers of foreign workers. As of December 2008‚ there were 2.06 million foreign workers in Malaysia‚ which relies heavily on them to help out in the construction and plantation sectors. Most of the workers are sourced from Indonesia‚ India‚ Bangladesh and Nepal. Despite the economic downturn and rising
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Study of Performance of Islamic Banks in Bangladesh with special reference to Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd By Shah Abdul Hannan‚ Former Secretary‚ Ministry of Finance‚ Government of Bangladesh and M. Fariduddin Ahmad Deputy Executive President Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited ________________________________________________ SECTION – I Banking Scenario in Bangladesh When Bangladesh came into existence on the 16th December‚ 1971‚ the banking sector of Bangladesh was in a total disarray. With the exception
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