Bangladesh and Finance policy
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- Bangladesh Economic Update: GDP, Capital Investment and Remittance
- Unnayan Onneshan, 2012
- Bangladesh may face difficulty in achieving the Medium Term Macro-economic Framework (MTMF) targeted growth rate due to investment shortage and increasing savings-investment gap. Increase in remittance and decrease in domestic product...
- Monthly Economic Update: Food Prices and Inflation Trajectory
- Unnayan Onneshan, 2012
- Bangladesh has been experiencing a rising trend of food inflation in recent months at the backdrop of global hike of food grain prices. The food price rises created a range of macro-vulnerabilities in the country. One aspect is the im...
- Macroeconomic Implications of Social Safety Nets in the Context of Bangladesh
- Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2012
- Social safety net is a measure taken by the government in order to prevent the vulnerable section of its population to fall beyond a certain level of poverty. Social safety net programmes (SSNPs) are designed to provide support for th...
- An Analysis of the National Budget: Allocation for the Ultra Poor
- Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2011
- This dialogue report provides a view of poverty in Bangladesh. It makes analysis on the budgetary allowance for Social Safety Net Programmes(SSNP). It indicates that in recent year, budget for SSNP has increased to about 15 percent. I...
- Regional Trading Arrangements: Opportunities and Pitfalls for Bangladesh
- 2012
- Historically, Bangladesh is not very active in participating in regional trading arrangements. Starting from 1976 Bangladesh has signed 4 regional preferential trading arrangements, 1 bilateral trading arrangement, and 2 free trade ar...
- Financial Assistance for Jute Sector
- 2012
- At the time of every budget, proposals are floated for addressing the problems of the jute sector. Readymade garment, ceramics, cement and many other sectors are operating profitably inspite of power problem and high interest rate. It...
- Assessment of the Budget FY11 for the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management
- 2011
- As a part of series of seminars for the Members of the Parliament, BIDS, with the support of PROGATI/USAID, organized the second seminar titled "Assessment of the Budget FY11 for the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management" on May 7,...
- Riverbank erosion displacees in Bangladesh: need for institutional response and policy intervention
- Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2012
- This Policy Brief discusses the policy options for improving effectiveness of price support, domestic procurement programme and public stock management in Bangladesh. It has been funded by the UK Department for International Developme...
- The Impact of 1998 and 2008 Financial Crises on Profitability of Islamic Banks
- N.H.B. Ahmad / Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2011
- The paper investigates the profitability of 78 Islamic banks in 25 countries for the period of 1992-2009. The Fixed Effect Model (FEM) used to analyse profitability shows that profit efficiency is positive and statistically significan...
- Asset Price Bubble and Banks:The Case of Japan
- Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2011
- This paper analyses the behaviour of the Japanese banks at the outset of the asset price bubble in the late 1980s. The paper argues that with the advent of financial deregulations, the declining trend of profitability forced the banks...
- Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI)
- Bangladesh Enterprise Institute is a non-profit, non-political research centre. Established in October 2000, the Institute has established for itself a reputation for excellence in its research and advocacy work focusing on the growth of private enterprise in Bangladesh. The Institute promotes issues of importance to the private sector and seeks to initiate essential measures and influence policy...
