Foreign Direct investment: impact on sectoral growth in BanglaDesh iftekhar ahmed robin introDUction Until the1980s‚ most developing countries viewed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)1 with great suspicion. In recent years‚ however‚ FDI restrictions have been significantly reduced. Most countries offer incentives to attract FDI‚ such as tax concessions‚ tax holidays‚ accelerated depreciation on plants and machinery‚ export subsidies‚ import entitlements‚ etc. Many theoretical and empirical studies
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Bangladesh has a primarily agrarian economy. Agriculture is the single largest producing sector of the economy since it comprises about 18.6% (data released on November‚ 2010) of the country’s GDP and employs around 45% of the total labor force.[1] The performance of this sector has an overwhelming impact on major macroeconomic objectives like employment generation‚ poverty alleviation‚ human resources development and food security. A plurality of Bangladeshis earn their living from agriculture.
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Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) provides a package of services to private sector entrepreneurs in Bangladesh in the small and cottage industries sector. It was created through an Act of Parliament in 1957 which was later amended in 1992. BSCIC has developed a total of 74 industrial estates throughout the country to foster the growth of SCIs in a balanced manner and also construction works for good number of estates including special type like Tannery‚ API (Active Pharmaceutical
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Introduction: Cybercrime is criminal activity done using computers and the Internet. This includes anything from downloading illegal music files to stealing millions of dollars from online bank accounts. Cybercrime also includes non-monetary offenses‚ such as creating and distributing viruses on other computers or posting confidential business information on the Internet. Perhaps the most prominent form of cybercrime is identity theft‚ in which criminals use the Internet to steal personal information
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IV WOMEN’S EMPLOYMENT IN BANGLADESH: CONUNDRUMS AMIDST PROGRESS Summary • • • • • • • • • • • Women’s work participation rates have doubled in Bangladesh since 1995 but they are still extremely low at 26 percent. The dramatic growth in women’s employment is led by the health and community service sector. Younger women’s employment has seen the largest increase. Higher education is an important predictor of both entry into the labor market and wages. Micro credit has had direct and indirect
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M icrocredit in Bangladesh : Achievements and Challenges Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed Managing Driector Palli Karma - Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) Bangladesh. 1. Introduction In recent years‚ microcredit‚ in its wider dimension known as microfinance‚ has become a much f avoured intervention for poverty alleviation in the developing countries and least development countries. There is scarcely a poor country and development oriented donor agency (multilateral‚ bilateral and private) not
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Presentation of Bangladesh Tourism Coordinating By Samiul Hasan Sami ID: 1310 Tourism in Bangladesh The beautiful country of Bangladesh has tourist attractions including archaeological sites‚ historical mosques and monuments‚ rivers‚ tea gardens‚ beaches‚ forests‚ tribal people and wildlife of various species. Along with rich cultural heritage‚ it leaves an unforgettable impression on the mind of any visitor. SOME TOURIST SPOTS OF BANGLADESH Dhaka: The capital city of Bangladesh sits on the
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CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH 4th November 1972 PREAMBLE We‚ the people of Bangladesh‚ having proclaimed our Independence on the 26th day of March‚ 1971 and through a historic war for national independence‚ established the independent‚ sovereign People’s Republic of Bangladesh; Pledging that the high ideals of absolute trust and faith in the Almighty Allah‚ nationalism‚ democracy and socialism meaning economic and social justice‚ which inspired our heroic people to dedicate
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Climate of Bangladesh Climate is the average weather of 30-year time period for a particular region. Climate is not the same as weather‚ but rather‚ it is the average pattern of weather for a particular region. Weather describes the short-term state of atmosphere. The Tropic of Cancer passes through the center of Bangladesh and the country’s climate can be described as tropical monsoon type - warm and humid in the summer‚ dry and cool in the winter. The dominant climatic factor for Bangladesh is the
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ADR in Bangladesh During the Hindu period in ancient India‚ Hindu society‚ institutions and beliefs gradually developed and define shape was given to them. Many important beliefs and doctrines of today are deep-rooted in the Hindu ideology; one of those is Alternative Dispute Resolution. In villages‚ the local village councils or kulani‚ similar to modern panchayats‚ consisted of a board of five or more members to dispense justice to villagers. It was concerned with all matter relating to endowment
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