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Recent Developments in the Bangladesh Economy

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Economic Growth, Economic Performance and Welfare in South Asia

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The economy of Bangladesh has experienced significant shifts in trade, fiscal, industrial, agricultural and financial policies over the last two decades. Bangladesh is significantly dependent on external resources and, at the behest of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, adopted a set of structural adjustment policies that impacted on all sectors of the economy and every aspect of the short- and medium-term economic management.

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  1. Australia South Asia Research Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    Raghbendra Jha

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Alauddin, M. (2005). Recent Developments in the Bangladesh Economy. In: Jha, R. (eds) Economic Growth, Economic Performance and Welfare in South Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230520318_2

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