Bangladesh: Progress Report-Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
IMF Staff Country Reports, November 10, 2015
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- Published: November 10, 2015
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513530451.002
Overview
- Focus: Progress on Sixth Five Year Plan (2011–15) of Bangladesh.
- Timeframe highlighted: performance during the first three years of the Sixth Plan.
- General assessment: performance on major development targets relating to economic growth, employment, and poverty reduction is generally positive.
Key findings
- Economic growth, employment, and poverty reduction: performance during the first three years is described as "generally positive."
- Structural transformation: progress toward shifting from a rural-based agrarian economy to a more modern urban-based manufacturing and services-based economy.
- Export performance: on track, providing impetus for the expansion of the manufacturing sector.
Structural transformation and sectoral dynamics
- Transition noted from agriculture toward manufacturing and services as a central development pattern.
- Manufacturing expansion is linked to export performance, which is characterized as being "on track."
Policy implications and priorities
- Sustain and reinforce policies that support:
- Continued export expansion to underpin manufacturing sector growth.
- Structural transformation toward urban-based manufacturing and services to absorb labor and promote higher productivity.
- Measures that consolidate gains in employment and poverty reduction achieved during the first three years of the Sixth Plan.
Subjects and keywords (as listed)
- Subjects: Economic sectors, Education, Environment, Health, Manufacturing, Population and demographics
- Keywords: base year, CR, debt service, East Asia, exchange rate, fiscal year, Global, ISCR, labor force, Manufacturing, monetary policy, national budget, private sector, real GDP
Source: Bangladesh: Progress Report-Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, November 10, 2015.