IMF Staff Country Reports

Bangladesh: Selected Issues

October 15, 1996

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Bangladesh: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1996) accessed November 25, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper analyzes poverty in Bangladesh. The paper highlights that poverty in Bangladesh has many facets, including low income, inadequate calorie intake, poor health and educational attainment, and limited access to social services. The paper reviews the recent trends in social indicators. It discusses definitions and the measurement of poverty, and relates poverty to growth scenarios. Poverty alleviation programs are reviewed, and the government’s strategies to reduce poverty are also highlighted.

Subject: Agricultural commodities, Commodities, Demand for money, Exports, International trade, Monetary base, Money, Tariffs, Taxes

Keywords: Agricultural commodities, Asia and Pacific, Balance of payments, Broad money, CR, Demand for money, Excl. Bangladesh, Exports, Factory price, Garment industry, GDP deflator, Interest rate, ISCR, Market price, Monetary base, Money demand, Narrow money, Opportunity cost, Retail price, Tariffs, UR agreement, UR Bangladesh

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    66

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 1996/101

  • Stock No:

    1BGDEA0011996

  • ISBN:

    9781451804034

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

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