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  "title": "Bangladesh: Progress Report-Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, November 10, 2015",
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  "summary": "This paper discusses progress on Sixth Five Year Plan (2011–15) of Bangladesh. For the broad picture of performance of the Sixth Plan during the first three years in terms of achieving major development targets relating to economic growth, employment and poverty reduction is generally positive.",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Focus: Progress on Sixth Five Year Plan (2011–15) of Bangladesh.\n- Timeframe highlighted: performance during the first three years of the Sixth Plan.\n- General assessment: performance on major development targets relating to economic growth, employment, and poverty reduction is generally positive."
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      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- Economic growth, employment, and poverty reduction: performance during the first three years is described as \"generally positive.\"\n- Structural transformation: progress toward shifting from a rural-based agrarian economy to a more modern urban-based manufacturing and services-based economy.\n- Export performance: on track, providing impetus for the expansion of the manufacturing sector."
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      "heading": "Structural transformation and sectoral dynamics",
      "content": "- Transition noted from agriculture toward manufacturing and services as a central development pattern.\n- Manufacturing expansion is linked to export performance, which is characterized as being \"on track.\""
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      "heading": "Policy implications and priorities",
      "content": "- Sustain and reinforce policies that support:\n  - Continued export expansion to underpin manufacturing sector growth.\n  - Structural transformation toward urban-based manufacturing and services to absorb labor and promote higher productivity.\n  - Measures that consolidate gains in employment and poverty reduction achieved during the first three years of the Sixth Plan."
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      "content": "- Subjects: Economic sectors, Education, Environment, Health, Manufacturing, Population and demographics\n- 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\n\nSource: Bangladesh: Progress Report-Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, November 10, 2015.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr15305\n  - cr15305 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr15305 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: November 10, 2015",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513530451.002",
    "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.",
    "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.",
    "Transition noted from agriculture toward manufacturing and services as a central development pattern.",
    "Sustain and reinforce policies that support:",
    "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",
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