The Bangladesh Economy : Diagnoses and Prescriptions : Selections from the Journal of Bangladesh Studies

Contents: Preface. 1. Bangladesh poverty: the need for a "Big Push"/Salim Rashid. 2. A decade of trade liberalization: how has domestic industry fared in Bangladesh?/Farida Chowdhury Khan. 3. Complementarity between international migration and trade: a case study of Bangladesh/Munir Hassan. 4. Determinants of aggregate import demand in Bangladesh/Tuck Cheong Tang. 5. Critical perspectives on aid in Bangladesh/K.A.S. Murshid. 6. Macroeconomic effects of foreign aid in Bangladesh revisited/Rahim M. Quazi. 7. Money, output and prices in Bangladesh/Akhtar Hossain. 8. Effects of political instability on the domestic savings rate in Bangladesh: an empirical study/Rahim M. Quazi. 9. An empirical investigation to determine the long-run relationship between population growth and per capita income in Bangladesh/Mohammad S. Hasan. 10. Microcredit and poverty: new realities and new issues/Salehuddin Ahmed. 11. Bank credit for the missing middle in Bangladesh/Abul K. Siddique. 12. Microfinance, self-reliance and sustainability: the case of a Non-Governmental Organization in Bangladesh/Salim Momtaz. 13. Multiple equilibrium in the government service labor market: the possibilities for Bangladesh/Nazrul Islam. 14. The dismal performance of non-financial state-owned corporations in Bangladesh/Tanweer Akram. Index.

"The present volume is a compilation of articles originally published at various times in the Journal of Bangladesh Studies. The selection was predicated on two main criteria: their immediate relevance to the Bangladesh economy and the reputation of the authors who have a track record of publications in international journals and have influenced the thinking of others through their insightful writing.

The book covers a gamut of important areas that concern economists and have the potential to shape economic thinking in Bangladesh." (jacket)