Bangladesh
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| Language: | English |
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Geneva:
International Labour Office,
2001..
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| Series: | Studies on the social dimensions of globalization
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| Online Access: | https://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001372143.html |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Part I Trends in globalization and social progress 7
- A. M ain features of trade policies9
- B. Trade and investment flows 16
- C. Overview of social developments since trade and
- investment liberalization 24
- Part II Assessing the social impact of globalization39
- A. Comparison of labour market developments before
- and after trade liberalization41
- B. Analysis of the possible links between trade and labour markets45
- C. Impediments to greater benefits of globalization52
- Part III Policy issues 57
- A. Improving the gains from trade59
- B. Widening access to primary education65
- C. Poverty-alleviation programmes and the elimination of
- child labour69
- D. Labour-management relations and labour law72
- Concluding remarks77
- Bibliography79 List of figures
- 1 GDP growth rate and inflation 6
- 2 Exports and imports of goods and services 18 ix
- 3 Exports by main products, 1979/80-96/9720
- 4 Foreign direct investment in Bangladesh by origin and industry23
- 5 Composition of the population, 1989 and 1995/9625
- 6 Employment trends26
- 7 Status in employment, 1989 and 1995/9632
- 8 Trends in real wages, 1982/83-96/9735
- 9 Gini index of income inequality, 1983/84-95/9636
- 10 Trends in savings and investment, 1988/89-97/98 42
- 11 Coverage of imports of goods and services, 1979/80-96/9743
- 12 Impact of trade liberalization on urban-rural inequalities46
- 13 Diverging trends in real capita income of richest and
- poorest households, 1985/86-95/96 48
- 14 Government current expenditure, 1989/90-96/9766
- 15 Resources allocated to primary education, 1990/91-95/96 67
- 16 Government revenue receipts, 1989/90-96/9771 List of tables
- 1 Import liberalization11
- 2 Trade and investment of EPZs in Bangladesh, 1991/92-95/9614
- 3 Direction of exports and imports by country, 1990/91-95/9617
- 4 Foreign direct investment by major industrial group registered
- with the BOI, 1990/91-97/98 22
- 5 Unemployment rate by area, sex, age and education, 1989-1995/9627
- 6 Labour force participation rate by sex and area28
- 7 Underemployment and hours worked, 1995/9629
- 8 Child labour characteristics30
- 9 Education level and literacy rate of the labour force, 1995/9634
- 10 Incidence of poverty, 1988/89-95/9636
- 11 Revealed comparative advantage, 1990 and 1995 44
- 12 The widening gap between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors48
- 13 Per capita GDP at constant market prices by region49
- 14 Labour cost per hour in the textile and apparel industries
- by country, 1993 and 199655
- 15 The Government's educational priorities 56
- 16 The growth of registered trade unions in Bangladesh, 1971-97 73 List of boxes
- 1 The Grameen model of poverty alleviation 62.