Bangladesh : The Path to Middle-Income Status from an Urban Perspective

Bangladesh seeks to attain middle-income status by 2021, the 50th anniversary of its independence. To accelerate growth enough to do so, it will need to undergo a structural transformation that will change the geography of economic production and u...

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Main Authors:	Muzzini, Elisa, Aparicio, Gabriela
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	Urban space Growth drivers Garment sector Urbanization Population density Peri-urbanization specialization Regional disparities export processing zones Dhaka Chittagong City Shift-share analysis Location quotient
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17473467/bangladesh-path-middle-income-status-urban-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13113

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spelling	okr-10986-131132021-04-23T14:03:06Z Bangladesh : The Path to Middle-Income Status from an Urban Perspective Muzzini, Elisa Aparicio, Gabriela Urban space Growth drivers Garment sector Urbanization Population density Peri-urbanization specialization Regional disparities export processing zones Dhaka Chittagong City Shift-share analysis Location quotient Bangladesh seeks to attain middle-income status by 2021, the 50th anniversary of its independence. To accelerate growth enough to do so, it will need to undergo a structural transformation that will change the geography of economic production and urbanization. Critical to its transformation will be the creation of a globally competitive urban space, defined here as a space that has the capacity to innovate, is well connected internally and to external markets, and is livable (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD 2006; World Bank 2010). This study identifies what is unique about Bangladesh s process of urbanization and examines the implications for economic growth. Through the lens of Bangladesh s most successful industry, the garment sector, it describes the drivers of and constraints to urban competitiveness. Based on the findings, it provides policy directions to strengthen the competitiveness of Bangladesh s urban space in ways that will allow Bangladesh to reach middle-income status by 2021. 2013-04-09T21:12:10Z 2013-04-09T21:12:10Z 2013-03-22 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17473467/bangladesh-path-middle-income-status-urban-perspective 978-0-8213-9859-3 10.1596/978-0-8213-9859-3 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13113 English en_US Directions in development;countries and regions CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia Bangladesh
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topic	Urban space Growth drivers Garment sector Urbanization Population density Peri-urbanization specialization Regional disparities export processing zones Dhaka Chittagong City Shift-share analysis Location quotient
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description	Bangladesh seeks to attain middle-income status by 2021, the 50th anniversary of its independence. To accelerate growth enough to do so, it will need to undergo a structural transformation that will change the geography of economic production and urbanization. Critical to its transformation will be the creation of a globally competitive urban space, defined here as a space that has the capacity to innovate, is well connected internally and to external markets, and is livable (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD 2006; World Bank 2010). This study identifies what is unique about Bangladesh s process of urbanization and examines the implications for economic growth. Through the lens of Bangladesh s most successful industry, the garment sector, it describes the drivers of and constraints to urban competitiveness. Based on the findings, it provides policy directions to strengthen the competitiveness of Bangladesh s urban space in ways that will allow Bangladesh to reach middle-income status by 2021.
format	Publications & Research :: Publication
author	Muzzini, Elisa Aparicio, Gabriela
author_facet	Muzzini, Elisa Aparicio, Gabriela
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title	Bangladesh : The Path to Middle-Income Status from an Urban Perspective
title_short	Bangladesh : The Path to Middle-Income Status from an Urban Perspective
title_full	Bangladesh : The Path to Middle-Income Status from an Urban Perspective
title_fullStr	Bangladesh : The Path to Middle-Income Status from an Urban Perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Bangladesh : The Path to Middle-Income Status from an Urban Perspective
title_sort	bangladesh : the path to middle-income status from an urban perspective
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17473467/bangladesh-path-middle-income-status-urban-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13113
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Bangladesh : The Path to Middle-Income Status from an Urban Perspective

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