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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other words‚ the term corruption is not new to Bangladesh. We all know that Bangladesh is one of the most corrupted country in the world. Bangladesh is the five times champions in corruption in the world. It can be said that corruption is in our vains. A general impression conveyed by the media and by popular discussion is that among ordinary people in Bangladesh‚ corruption is viewed quite clearly as ’a way of life’. A recent survey by the Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad shows that 95 percent of respondents
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Bangladesh has no other options but to attain economic development. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is recognized as a key component for economic growth for Bangladesh. Being one of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) with insufficient domestic savings rate for investment after fulfilling its basic needs‚ the importance of foreign investment is unquestionable. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) will create employment‚ increase efficiency of labour‚ encourage technology transfer and develop new exportable
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Assignment on AGRICULTURE OF BANGLADESH Submitted to: Asiquer Rahman Submitted by: Yakub Iqbal 2449 Rasel Mahmud 2464 Mahsinozzaman Shuva 2450 Mustafizur Rahman 2451 Nabila Munmun 2447 Shammi Akter 2418 [pic] Submission Date: June 3‚ 2010 INTRODUCTION: Agriculture remains the most important sector of Bangladeshi economy‚ contributing 19.6 percent to the national
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development is the increase in the standard of living of a nation ’s population with sustained growth from a simple‚ low-income economy to a modern‚ high-income economy. (http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_development) Bangladesh is an economically developing country. We cannot develop our country because of some major economic barriers. Economic development of a country effected by many facts including political‚ economical‚ geographical‚ infrastructural‚ international
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been receiving phenomenal attention from many governments. Bangladesh is not lagging behind from it. Economic development for the developing countries like Bangladesh is largely dependent on FDI. The major challenges for the host country are to ensure an eye-catching and conducive investment climate to foreign investors for FDI inflow. In recent years‚ Bangladesh has been devoting efforts for attracting FDI offering a lot of lucrative incentives and benefits
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Colonization of Bangladesh Bangladesh‚ a developing country‚ is relatively unknown in the globalized world and is often confused with its dominant neighbor‚ India. The country as we see it now did not exist even 50 years ago. The purpose of this paper is to detail how the region was colonized‚ how Bangladesh came to be and a brief overview of how it is doing now. As most geographers know that there is an intense relationship between Pakistan‚ India and Bangladesh‚ for good reason too. They were
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MARKET FAILURE IN BANGLADESH: NEGATIVE IMPACT OF DYEING INDUSTRY ON ENVIRONMENT Prepared for: Sheikh Morshed Jahan Course Instructor: Bangladesh Studies (K202) Prepared by: Rakshanda Zihan Roll No # 72‚ Section- B BBA‚ Batch 19th Institute of Business Administration‚ University of Dhaka‚ Dhaka March 31‚ 2013 Market Failure: Market Failure is an economic situation that occurs in free market economy. When in any given market‚ the quantity of a product demanded by consumers does not equate
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Incidence of income taxation in Bangladesh Tapan K Sarker1 ABSTRACT: This article reviews the incidence of income taxation in Bangladesh tax system. The main purpose of the study is to determine how the burden of personal and corporation income taxes is allocated among taxpayers of different income groups. In case of personal income taxes it shows that only 13 percent taxpayers paying around 73 percent of tax revenue collected through personal income taxes and interestingly about 53 percent taxpayers
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