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Business, Commerce, Economy: Bangladesh

This pathfinder includes information about business, commerce, and economy in Bangladesh.

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AdmiNet - Bangladesh (http://adminet.com/world/bd/)
Many links to sites on all subjects.

Asian Development Bank (http://www.adb.org/About/default.asp)
The Asian Development Bank website. In English.

Country at-a-Glance: Bangladesh (http://www.worldbank.org/bd)
A search by country yields numerous English language reports on the economic development of regions of the world and the World Bank Groups' advice, initiatives and warnings concerning them. This page is for Bangladesh.

Estimating the effects of corruption (http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=1289)
Countries that are serious about reducing corruption tend to attract more investment, both domestic and foreign, and to accelerate economic growth and poverty reduction.

Ganges neolithic (http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/e/ehraf/ehraf-idx?c=ehrafa&view=owc&owc=AQ50)
The nine documents that comprise the Ganges Neolithic collection describe the agricultural societies that inhabited the area of the Ganges River valley and its tributaries from approximately 4000 B.P -2500 B.P. Sant's work provides a general overview of Neolithic culture in the region, and discusses geography and settlement as well as agricultural, economic, and technological aspects. Suveys of nearly two-dozen Neolithic sites are included with emphasis on those at Mahagara, Koldihwa and Chirand. The document Epi-palaeolithic to Neolithic and works by Misra and Sharma provide more detailed information on Mahagara and Koldihwa. Works by Narain, Sinha, Atul Kumar Verma, and B.S. Verma give detailed descriptions of Chirand, with particular emphasis on bone, ceramic, and stone industries. Clark and Khanna describe Kunjhun II, a site located in the Middle Son valley.

Micro-finance and poverty (http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=22971)
Title from title screen as viewed on February 15, 2003.

Private provision of a public good (http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=1177)
Some neighborhoods in Dhaka have successfully organized an alternative to municipal trash collection and some have not. What determines whether a neighborhood or community is likely to undertake collective action?

Tradeport.org - Bangladesh (http://www.tradeport.org/ts/countries/bangladesh/index.html)
General information on Bangladesh including finance and economics.

USATrade.gov - Country Commercial Guide for Bangladesh (http://www.usatrade.gov/website/ccg.nsf/ShowCCG?OpenForm&Country=BANGLADESH)
Commercial Guide for Bangladesh prepared annually by the U.S. Department of Commerce.


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