From Growth to Development in Bangladesh

Jay Mandle ()
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Jay Mandle: Department of Economics, Colgate University

No 2013-01, Working Papers from Department of Economics, Colgate University

Abstract: In recent years, Bangladesh has experienced economic growth but not economic development. This paper reviews the Janus-faced nature of the country’s leading growth sector – Readymade Garments (RMG). It is an industry that has fueled growth but is not productive enough to substantially raise income levels. The paper argues that the fragmentation of land holding has allowed the supply of labor to RMG to be elastic at low levels of wages. Increasing the level of educational attainment in the countryside will be necessary if Bangladesh is to move upward on the productivity chain beyond textile exports.

Keywords: Bangladesh; Economic Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-01-01, Revised 2014-01-17
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