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    The new Japanese GSP schemes for LDCs and Bangladesh’s export opportunities

    2004
    The analysis of the Japanese GSP Scheme shows that preferential access to the Japanese market in case of such products as textile/apparels could be of high potential benefit to Bangladesh; more particularly, the zero-tariff market access provided for knit-apparels under the revised Japanese GSP Scheme should be accorded due attention by Bangladesh’s policy makers.
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    Trade liberalisation and the crop sector in Bangladesh

    2003
    Agriculture was brought under the purview of GATT, 1994 with a view to minimise distortions in global trade in agricultural and food products. Negotiations on agricultural sector trade had earlier been excluded from GATT on the ground of food security and socio-political stability, which makes agriculture different from other sectors of the economy.
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    Trade negotiations on temporary movement of natural persons: a strategy paper for Bangladesh

    2004
    Other than issues of duty free and quota free market access for non-agricultural products, Bangladesh also has strong interests in temporary movement of natural persons (TMNP). In this connection, LDC modalities adopted on September 3, 2003 provided ground for flexible and predictable negotiations under the GATS.
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    TRIPS and the pharmaceutical industry in Bangladesh: towards a national strategy

    2003
    When the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (the TRIPS Agreement) was concluded at the close of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations in 1993, it represented a remarkable expansion of the international framework for intellectual property rights.
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    China’s accession to the WTO: Consequences for Bangladesh’s export-oriented RMG sector

    Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2003
    China’s long march to the WTO has been closely followed by other member countries with great interest, and in some cases, great concern. On the one hand, many countries are optimistic that China’s entry into a rule-based system will be beneficial to the global trading system and there will be important positive externalities as a result.
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    Liberalising health services in south Asia: implications for Bangladesh

    Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2012
    South Asian countries have witnessed significant shift in the structure of their economy during the last few decades, in terms of the dominance of the services sector compared to the traditional sectors such as agriculture and industry. The contribution of the services trade in total trade of South Asian countries is increasing over time.
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    Liberalising trade in services: negotiating strategy for Bangladesh

    Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2005
    It is true that liberalisation of service sectors will generate efficiency in many domestic service sectors, and export opportunities for some of the services sectors will be increased.
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    Preferential market access in the Canadian market: maximising benefits for Bangladesh

    Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2005
    Bangladesh is faced with trying to ensure it maximises the economic benefits it receives from trade liberalization actions by the Government of Canada. Canada progressively reduced barriers to the exports of developing countries and Least Developed Countries1 beginning in 2002 culminating with the Market Access Initiative (MAI) for Least Developed Countries, effective January 1, 2003.
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    The informal sector and informal employment in Bangladesh

    Asian Development Bank, 2012
    Informal economy has been a prominent feature of Bangladesh’s economy over the years. This report presents important information on the informal economy in Bangladesh, which can serve as inputs to evidence-based formulation of sector policies.
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    Are Bangladesh’s Recent Gains in Poverty Reduction Different from the Past?

    2012
    The poor in Bangladesh are more likely to belong to households with a larger number of dependents, lower education, engaged in daily wage labor, own little land and less likely to receive remittances. This poverty profile for 2005 is similar to those in the mid-1980s apparently indicating that little has changed over time.

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