Shahid Yusuf - Developing the nonfarm sector in Bangladesh: lessons from other Asian countries, Parts 63-340

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WORLD BANK DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 340

Lessons from Other Asian Countries

Shahid Yusuf
Praveen Kumar

The World Bank

Washington, D. C.

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ISSN: 0259-210X

Shahid Yusuf is lead economist in the World Bank's Eastern Africa Department. Praveen Kumar is a consultant to the department and a professor at the University of Maryland.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Yusuf, Shahid, 1949

Developing the nonfarm sector in Bangladesh: lessons from other Asian countries / Shahid Yusuf, Praveen Kumar.

p. cm. (World Bank discussion papers; 340)

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN0-8213-3726-2

1. Rural industriesBangladesh. 2. Economic forecastingBangladesh. 3. BangladeshEconomic conditions. 4. East AsiaEconomic conditions. I. Kumar, Praveen, 1960-. II. Title.III. Series.

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Future growth of the Bangladeshi economy will be strongly influenced by the performance of the rural sector. Both the expansion of agricultural output and the development of the non-farm sector will play important roles, with the latter contributing more substantially to employment and potentially also to agro-based and manufactured exports. This study, which was prepared in connection with our ongoing work on Bangladesh's non-farm sector, explores the structure and dynamics of the rural economy in a comparative framework. It explores recent and potential sources of growth, in the process, providing a valuable spatial perspective on development processes. The study concludes with a wide-ranging policy agenda that gives due attention to the part that local governments can play through institution building, sound administration, resource mobilization, and entrepreneurship.