Agricultural Policy Reforms and Structural Adjustments in Bangladesh

Mohammad Hasan

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Abstract: This paper depicts the agricultural policy reforms and structural changes in Bangladesh from independence to the present times. Bangladesh agriculture has experienced major structural changes and achieved major successes over the last three and a half decades. Reforms began in the late 1970s and early 1980s by liberalizing the input markets. Both domestic and trade policy got a vibration of liberalization in the early 1990s. After the independence, Bangladesh followed a highly restrictive trade and exchange rate policy characterized by import regulations, high import tariffs, export taxes, persistent quantitative restrictions and an overvalued exchange rate. With a decade long half-hearted attempt towards trade liberalization, the democratic government in 1991 took courageous steps towards reforming the trade regime. Reforms instigated during this period included reducing and compressing tariffs, implementing and publishing a less complicated import tax structure, gradually eliminating non-tariff import restrictions, and promoting exports through income tax exemptions, bonded warehousing, and flexible exchange rate management. The recent Import-Export Policy 2009-2012 is a major step to the continuation of the liberalization of international trade.

Keywords: Agricultural policy; Structural Policy; Trade reform; Bangladesh; Policy reforms in Bangladesh; Bangladesh Economic reforms; policy changes; structural adjustment policy; Five year plans in Bangladesh; Fiscal reforms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E6 E61 E62 F13 N10 O11 O13 Q10 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-12, Revised 2013-01-15
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