Economic and Social Development of Bangladesh: Miracle and Challenges

ISBN-13: 9783319876511 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 311 str.

Sawada, Yasuyuki

Opis

This book discusses Bangladesh's economic and social development that may be called a "miracle" since the country has achieved remarkable development progress under several unfavorable situations: weak governance and political instabilities, inequality, risks entailed in rapid urbanization, and exposure to severe disaster risks. The authors examine what led to this successful economic development, and the potential challenges that it presents, aiming to elicit effective policy interventions that can be adapted by other developing countries.

Spis treści

I. Economic Transformation

1．Development Transformation in Bangladesh: An Overview

Minhaj Mahmud, Keijiro Otsuka, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Eiji Yamada

Introduction

Overall Growth and Poverty Reduction

Development Transformation in Bangladesh

Social Transformation  

Conclusions

2．The Miraculous Development of the Garment and Pharmaceutical Industries in Bangladesh

Tetsushi Sonobe, Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb, and Md. Nurul Amin

Introduction

Development of the Garment Industry

The Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry

Survey data

Conclusions

3．Welfare Implications of Subsidies in the Microfinance Industry in Bangladesh

Yasuyuki Sawada, Yuhei Miyauchi, Junichi Yamasaki

Introduction

Background

Data

Analysis

Simple Welfare Calculati

ons

Conclusion

4．Bangladesh’s Structural Transformation: The Role of Infrastructure

Shahidur R. Khandker and Hussain A. Samad

Introduction

The role of infrastructure: Cross-country evidence

Macro evidence of infrastructure growth in Bangladesh

Welfare gains from household participation in an infrastructure intervention

Welfare gains from village level infrastructure growth

Distributional effects of infrastructure intervention

Conclusions

5．International Migration and Remittances for Economic Development in Bangladesh: An Overview

Akira Murata

Introduction

Trends and features of international migration

Remittances and Economic Development

The Cost of Migration

Discussion and conclusions

II. Social Transformation

6．Non-farm Sector Growth and

Female Empowerment in Bangladesh

Minhaj Mahmud, Keijiro Otsuka, Yasuyuki Sawada, Mari Tanaka, Tomomi Tanaka

Introduction

Analytical Framework 

Data and Empirical Strategy

Empirical Strategy

Results

Concluding remarks

7．Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Education in Bangladesh: 

Achievements and Challenges

Hisaki Kono, Yasuyuki Sawada, Abu S. Shonchoy

Introduction

Overview of the Education Sector

Primary Education

Secondary Education

Tertiary Education

Conclusions

8. NGO Employments and Job Preferences of Youth: Evidence 

from Bangladesh

Akira Murata and Naoki Nishimura

Introduction

The Growth of the NGO Sector in Bangladesh

The Youth Employment Situation in Bangladesh

Data

Job Preference and Satisfaction in

the NGO Sector

Factors influencing job choice among young NGO staff 

Conclusions

III. Welfare Improvements

9. Bangladesh’s Achievement in Poverty Reduction:

The Role of Microfinance Revisited

Shahidur R. Khandker and Hussain A. Samad

Introduction

The panel data and its characteristics

Microfinance growth and development 

Borrowers’ profiles

Growth in household income, expenditure and poverty

How to assess the effect of borrowing using long panel data

The Average treatment effect of microcredit 

How much poverty reduction over the last decade in Bangladesh was due to microcredit?

The Cost-effectiveness of microcredit borrowing 

Conclusion

10. Is Multiple Borrowing a Bad Sign? Evidence from Bangladesh and India

Yasuyuki Sawada &nbs

p;      Mari Tanaka       Minhaj Mahmud 

Introduction

Literature on overlapping borrowing

Multiple borrowings in Bangladeshi and Indian MFIs

Discussion and conclusion 

11. Urbanization and Subjective Well-Being in Bangladesh

Minhaj Mahmud and Yasuyuki Sawada

Introduction

Data and Methods

Empirical Analysis

Conclusions

12. Happiness in Life-domains: Evidence from rural Bangladesh

Minhaj Mahmud and Yasuyuki Sawada

Introduction 

Data and the Empirical Strategy

Econometric Analysis and Results

Concluding Remarks

IV. Risk and Challenges

13. Challenges in Reducing the Number of Disaster Victims in Bangladesh

Masahiro Shoji and Akira Murata

Introduction

Disaster Victim

s in Bangladesh

Current Approaches to Reducing the number of Disaster Victims

Obstacles to Reducing the Number of Victims

Conclusions

14. Governance Challenges: Institutional Quality and Trust in Bangladesh

Minhaj Mahmud and Yasuyuki Sawada

Introduction

Governance and Institutional quality

Corruption and Trust Linkage: Literature review

Data and Empirical Strategy

Regression Results

Conclusions 

Author Index

Subject Index

O autorze

Yasuyuki Sawada is Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank, Professor of Economics at University of Tokyo and Former Visiting Researcher at JICA-RI, Japan.

Minhaj Mahmud is Senior Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies and Visiting Scholar at JICA-RI, Japan. 

Naohiro Kitano is Director at JICA Research Institute, Japan.