Convergence in Bangladesh Agriculture

Abul Bashar Md Rahmatullah

No AIUB-BUS-ECON-2008-01, AIUB Bus Econ Working Paper Series from American International University-Bangladesh, Office of Research and Publications (ORP)

Abstract: We address the issue of convergence in agricultural productivity among districts in Bangladesh. We employed cross-section convergence test, and convergence, and panel unit root convergence test. The coefficient of the initial productivity level is negative and significant in convergence test indicating convergence in agricultural productivity. The result of convergence test shows that there has been a decrease in the cross-districts dispersion of productivity in agriculture over the entire time period. The panel unit root test supports the conventional test, and therefore, we may conclude that dispersion of productivity is stationary providing strong evidence that the districts do exhibit long run convergence.

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Date: 2008-01

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