Bangladesh
By: Rajendra Paratian and Raymond Torres.
Contributors: Torres, Raymond.
Series: Studies on the social dimensions of globalization
Publisher: International Labour Office
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 87
Subjects: Foreign trade and employment -- Bangladesh; International economic integration -- Social aspects; Globalization -- Social aspects.; Bangladesh -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-81) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part I Trends in globalization and social progress 7; title: A. M ain features of trade policies9; title: B. Trade and investment flows 16; title: C. Overview of social developments since trade and; title: investment liberalization 24; title: Part II Assessing the social impact of globalization39; title: A. Comparison of labour market developments before; title: and after trade liberalization41; title: B. Analysis of the possible links between trade and labour markets45; title: C. Impediments to greater benefits of globalization52; title: Part III Policy issues 57; title: A. Improving the gains from trade59; title: B. Widening access to primary education65; title: C. Poverty-alleviation programmes and the elimination of; title: child labour69; title: D. Labour-management relations and labour law72; title: Concluding remarks77; title: Bibliography79 List of figures; title: 1 GDP growth rate and inflation 6; title: 2 Exports and imports of goods and services 18 ix; title: 3 Exports by main products, 1979/80-96/9720; title: 4 Foreign direct investment in Bangladesh by origin and industry23; title: 5 Composition of the population, 1989 and 1995/9625; title: 6 Employment trends26; title: 7 Status in employment, 1989 and 1995/9632; title: 8 Trends in real wages, 1982/83-96/9735; title: 9 Gini index of income inequality, 1983/84-95/9636; title: 10 Trends in savings and investment, 1988/89-97/98 42; title: 11 Coverage of imports of goods and services, 1979/80-96/9743; title: 12 Impact of trade liberalization on urban-rural inequalities46; title: 13 Diverging trends in real capita income of richest and; title: poorest households, 1985/86-95/96 48; title: 14 Government current expenditure, 1989/90-96/9766; title: 15 Resources allocated to primary education, 1990/91-95/96 67; title: 16 Government revenue receipts, 1989/90-96/9771 List of tables; title: 1 Import liberalization11; title: 2 Trade and investment of EPZs in Bangladesh, 1991/92-95/9614; title: 3 Direction of exports and imports by country, 1990/91-95/9617; title: 4 Foreign direct investment by major industrial group registered; title: with the BOI, 1990/91-97/98 22; title: 5 Unemployment rate by area, sex, age and education, 1989-1995/9627; title: 6 Labour force participation rate by sex and area28; title: 7 Underemployment and hours worked, 1995/9629; title: 8 Child labour characteristics30; title: 9 Education level and literacy rate of the labour force, 1995/9634; title: 10 Incidence of poverty, 1988/89-95/9636; title: 11 Revealed comparative advantage, 1990 and 1995 44; title: 12 The widening gap between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors48; title: 13 Per capita GDP at constant market prices by region49; title: 14 Labour cost per hour in the textile and apparel industries; title: by country, 1993 and 199655; title: 15 The Government's educational priorities 56; title: 16 The growth of registered trade unions in Bangladesh, 1971-97 73 List of boxes; title: 1 The Grameen model of poverty alleviation 62.