Bangladesh Institutional Diagnostic – Chapter 2

Bangladesh Institutional Diagnostic

Chapter 2: Bangladesh’s Development: Achievements and Challenges

Chapter Overview:

List of tables and figures

1. Introduction
2. Sources of growth and possible limitations of the present development regime
   •  Aggregate growth
   • Structural transformation
   • Remittances and foreign direct investment
   • Infrastructure
   • Bangladesh growth engines and the possible limitations of its present development regime
3. The state and the financing of the economy
   • Public finance and state capacity
   • External financing of the economy
   •  Domestic financing: the banking sector and the weak regulation of the financial sector
4. Social matters
   • The labour market
   • Poverty and inequality
   • Education
   • Healthcare
   • NGOs and microcredit
5. Environment and climate change challenges
6. Conclusion

References
Annex A     Decomposition of growth in Bangladesh
Annex B     Factors affecting growth in Bangladesh
Annex C     Decompositions of aggregate labour productivity

Authors: Selim Raihan, SANEM, Francois Bourguignon, Paris School of Economics