
১৯৭১ সালে স্বাধীনতা অর্জনের সময় অনেকেই বাংলাদেশের অর্থনৈতিক ভবিষ্যত সম্পর্কে সন্দেহ প্রকাশ করেছিল। একটি ক্ষুদ্র ভূখণ্ডে বিশাল জনগোষ্ঠী, সীমিত জমি নিয়ে কৃষির ওপর নির্ভরশীলতা, এবং দারিদ্র্য - সব মিলিয়ে অবস্থা বাস্তবিকই কঠিন ছিল। পাঁচ দশক অতিবা
কৃষি অর্থনীতি অনেকগুলো পৃথক জ্ঞানের একটি সমন্বিত শাখা। কৃষির উৎপাদন, বিপণন, প্রতিষ্ঠান ও আধুনিকায়নের বিভিন্ন অর্থনৈতিক দিকে নিয়ে তাত্ত্বিক ও তথ্যভিত্তিক আলোচনা নিয়ে বাংলাভাষায় উল্লেখযোগ্য খুব বেশি প্রকাশনা নেই। অথচ বিশ্বব্যাপী জাতীয় বিকাশের স্বার্থে কৃষি অর্থনীতি বিষয়টিকে অত্যন্ত গুরুত্ব দিয়ে পাঠ করা হয়।
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There has been a remarkable transformation of the rural economy in Bangladesh during the last decades leading to significant reductions in poverty. National statistics and other reports have documented the progress in agriculture, infrastructure, health, education and the improved condition for women in rural Bangladesh.
Bangladesh has recently turned out to be an intriguing model of economics. It warrants faster growth to help the economy achieve the next level of development. The book argues how macro policymaking and institutions can empower growth to make this graduation possible. This work shows how the market economy along with the spirit of liberalization has energized Bangladesh to be a growth story and how further reforms and apt investment strategies can make the country’s development sustainable in the twenty-first century.
This book comprises a selection of studies from the research team of the Extreme Poverty programme (EEP-Shiree), sponsored by GOB-DFID during 2008-16. Its core premise is that extreme poverty is significantly different as a socio-economic, political and cultural experience from being moderately poor in the society.
Muhammad Yunus, who created microcredit, invented social business, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in alleviating poverty, is one of today’s most trenchant social critics. Now he declares it’s time to admit that the capitalist engine is broken—that in its current form it inevitably leads to rampant inequality, massive unemployment, and environmental destruction.
This volume on macroeconomic and monetary topics regarding Bangladesh are a collection from papers that were presented at the fourth BDI conference held at the University of California-Berkeley in February, 2013. Most of the chapters are based on empirical analyses, using data over various time periods and applying many different econometric techniques. They address real sector issues such as growth, employment, saving, investment, trade and agriculture, as well as financial or monetary issues such as money supply, inflation, equity markets, and microfinance.