Bangladesh''s Graduation From the Least Developed Countries Group - Pitfalls and Promises

List of contents

Chapter 1: Bangladesh moving out of the LDC group: Looking through the issues

Debapriya Bhattacharya and Sarah Sabin Khan

Chapter 2: The LDC paradigm, graduation and Bangladesh: Concepts, comparison and policy
Debapriya Bhattacharya and Sarah Sabin Khan

Chapter 3: Structural transformation of Bangladesh economy: Role of smooth transition after graduation
Khondaker Golam Moazzem and Akashlina Arno

Chapter 4: Pathways to Bangladesh’s sustainable LDC graduation: Prospects, challenges and strategies
Mustafizur Rahman and Estiaque Bari

Chapter 5: Bangladesh’s pursuit of the 2030 agenda: Will it facilitate smooth transition after LDC graduation?
Fahmida Khatun, Shahida Pervin and Md. Masudur Rahman

Chapter 6: Pursuing a graduation strategy within the global and regional environment: What are the pitfalls for Bangladesh?
Towfiqul Islam Khan and Muntaseer Kamal

About the author

Debapriya Bhattacharya is a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is a former Bangladesh Ambassador to WTO and UN Offices in Geneva and Vienna, Coordinator of LDC Group in the UN system and Special Advisor on LDCs to Secretary General, UNCTAD. He also chairs LDC IV Monitor - an international partnership providing independent assessment of the delivery of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) for the LDCs.

Summary

This book articulates appropriate strategies and initiatives to help Bangladesh on its journey to be the largest country yet to graduate from the least developed countries group. The book will interest not only scholars of Bangladesh, but also researchers and policy makers interested in LDC graduation for other countries facing si

Product details

• Authors: Debapriya Bhattacharya
• Assisted by: Debapriya Bhattacharya (Editor), Bhattacharya Debapriya (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367665326
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66532-6
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Routledge Research on Asian Development
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Anthropology, Bangladesh, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Poverty & unemployment, Politics & government, Politics and government, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Poverty and precarity