Country Assistance Program Evaluation for Bangladesh
Asian Development Bank | January 2003
Abstract
Reducing poverty remains the central development challenge in Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world with a per capita income of $369 in 2001. Despite very high population density, poor resource management, numerous natural disasters, and a plethora of endemic governance problems and policy weaknesses coupled with frequent political turmoil, the country has made significant economic and social progress over the past 2 decades. Its performance compares favorably with that of many other countries in the region over the period. Nevertheless, there are some factors that may make recent trends unsustainable, namely potentially greater constraints on agricultural growth to the extent that the scope for import substitution may be more limited (following the attainment of foodgrain self-sufficiency); and negative medium-term impact on both employment levels and the balance of payments position, and thus potentially on currency and price stability, arising from the probable decline of readymade garment exports and reduced levels of remittances from abroad. It thus remains as urgent as ever to pursue strategies, both at macro and sectoral levels, that will help expand and diversify investment, output, and, above all, employment so as to enhance the opportunities and living standards of as large a proportion of the still rapidly growing population as possible. Equally, measures such as a more progressive tax regime are needed to accelerate the rate of poverty reduction and improve income distribution.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2003. Country Assistance Program Evaluation for Bangladesh. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/6229.Keywords
Aid And Development
Asian Development Bank
Comprehensive Development Framework
Development Cooperation
Development Management
Development Planning
Development Strategies
Alleviating Poverty
Anti-Poverty
Extreme Poverty
Fight Against Poverty
Global Poverty
Health Aspects Of Poverty
Indicators Of Poverty
Participatory Poverty Assessment
Poverty Eradication
Poverty Analysis
Poverty In Developing Countries
Poverty Reduction Efforts
Urban Poverty
Rural planning
Aid coordination
Industrial projects
Infrastructure projects
Natural resources policy
Educational development
Development Indicators
Environmental Indicators
Economic Indicators
Educational Indicators
Demographic Indicators
Health Indicators
Disadvantaged Groups
Low Income Groups
Socially Disadvantaged Children
Rural Conditions
Rural Development
Social Conditions
Urban Development
Urban Sociology
Communication in rural development
Communication in community development
Economic development projects
Development banks
Economic forecasting
Environmental auditing
Cumulative effects assessment
Human rights and globalization
Poor
Economic forecasting
Health expectancy
Social groups
Political participation
Distribution of income
Inequality of income
Developing countries
Rural community development
Mass society
Social change
Social policy
Social stability
Population
Sustainable development
Peasantry
Urban policy
Urban renewal
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