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Cover -- CONTENTS -- CONTEXT -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- NEAR-TERM OUTLOOK AND RISKS -- NEAR-TERM MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT -- A. Monetary and Macroprudential Policies -- B. External Development and Exchange Rate Policy -- C. Fiscal Policy -- SUSTAINING STRONG AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH -- A. Challenges -- B. Building a More Efficient, Sound Financial Sector -- C. Raising Tax Revenues -- D. Promoting Inclusive Growth -- E. Export Diversification -- OTHER ISSUES -- STAFF APPRAISAL -- BOX -- 1. Addressing the Rohingya Refugee Crisis -- FIGURES -- 1. Structural Transformation -- 2. Recent Macroeconomic Developments -- 3. Monetary and Financial Market Developments -- 4. Banking Sector Conditions -- 5. External Sector Developments -- TABLES -- 1. Selected Economic Indicators, FY2014-18 -- 2. Near and Medium Term Indicators, FY2014-21 -- 3. Balance of Payments, FY2014-21 -- 4. Central Government Operations, FY2015-18 -- 5. Monetary Accounts, FY2014-18 -- 6. Sustainable Development Goals -- ANNEXES -- I. Response to Past Fund Policy Advice -- II. Risk Assessment Matrix (RAM) -- III. External Sector Assessment -- IV. Remittances in Bangladesh -- V. Medium-term Growth Outlook -- VI. Enhancing Bangladesh's Business Environment -- VII. Efforts to Boost Female Labor Force Participation -- VIII. Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh -- CONTENTS -- FUND RELATIONS -- IMF-WORLD BANK COLLABORATION -- RELATIONS WITH THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK -- STATISTICAL ISSUES.

THE ESSENTIAL NEEDS OF BANGLADESH ARE RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT CLEARLY THE MILITARY WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE SITUATION FOR A TIME TO COME. THE U.S. HAS PROVIDED TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT SHOULD BE CONTINUED AND EXPANDED AT LEAST TO THE LEVEL OF PAST PROGRAMS INCREASED BY INFLATIONS. THE MILITARY NEEDS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- STATE-OWNED COMMERCIAL BANK: PERFORMANCE, ISSUES AND REFORMS -- A. Introduction -- B. Bangladesh's Experience with State-Owned Banks -- C. Comparative Performance of Banks in Bangladesh -- D. Causes of SOCBs' Poor Performance -- E. Previous Efforts to Improve SOCBs' Performance -- F. Policy Recommendations and Conclusions -- References -- FIGURES -- 1. Banking Sector Structure -- 2. State-Owned Banks' Asset Share, 2010 -- 3. Bank Loans by Industry -- 4. Non Performing Loans to Total Loans -- 5. Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio -- 6. Bank Profitability Indicators -- 7. Bank Provisioning -- 8. Bank Deposit and Lending Rates -- TABLES -- 1. Interest Margin and Profitability -- 2. Loan Definition and Deliquency Periods -- NATIONAL SAVINGS CERTIFICATES AND BUDGET FINANCING -- A. Introduction -- B. Recent History of NSC Issuance -- C. Alternative Interest Cost Scenario with Continued High NSC Issuance -- D. Possible Measures to Address the NSC Problem -- E. Conclusion -- References -- FIGURES -- 1. Budgeted and Actual Budget Domestic Financing -- 2. Monthly Sales of NSCs -- 3. Inflation and Yields -- 4. NSCs, Budget Financing and Government Debt -- 5. Government Debt and Interest Payments -- 6. Banking Sector Deposits and Credit -- 7. Interest Payments on Domestic Government Debt -- TABLES -- 1. FY 17 Additional Borrowing Costs from NSC Issuance -- 2. Interest Costs from Additional Issuance -- ANNEXES -- I. National Savings Certificates - Overview -- II. Pakistan's Reform of Savings Certificates -- EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION -- A. Why Diversification? -- B. Status of Export Diversification -- C. What can Help Diversification? -- D. Towards More Diversification -- References.

Cover -- Table Of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1 -- Methodology and Approach: Mid-term Review of the Sixth Plan -- A. Background and Overview -- B. Methodology -- C. Structure of the MTIR -- Chapter 2 -- Progress with GDP Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction -- A. Introduction -- B. GDP Growth Performance in the Sixth Plan -- C. Employment Performance in the Sixth Plan -- D. Poverty Outcome of the Sixth Plan -- E. Prospects and Way Forward -- Chapter 3 -- Progress with the Macroeconomic Framework

In Bangladesh the official poverty rates are produced at the national and division levels only using household income and expenditure survey (HIES) data. While the division map illustrates a clear east-west division, the Upazila map unveils large variations in poverty incidence within the east and the west. Mapping the data at lower levels allows for easier recognition of important patterns at local and community scale levels. Poverty mapping is a statistical exercise to estimate the incidence of poverty at sub-national levels, which enables government, civil society organizations and development partners to identify locations of poor areas with great accuracy. Recognizing the spatial inequality in growth and poverty allows for more effective targeting of policy interventions, programs and projects based on local conditions.

La Cruz Roja de Bangladesh publica ahora una revista, con muchas ilustraciones, que contiene, además de los artículos sobre la labor actual de esa Sociedad nacional, estudios, redactados en lengua inglesa, sobre temas relativos a la historia de la Cruz Roja, a sus principios y a su relatión con ciertas cuestiones importantes, tales como la paz y la ayuda humanitaria en el mundo contemporáneo.

New opportunities for international migration, especially migration for employment, arose since Bangladesh gained independence in 1971. Temporary labor migration is mostly to countries in the Middle East and South-East Asia while the United Kingdom and the United States of America are the major destinations for permanent migration. The Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET), the implementing arm of the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, collects basic statistics on international labor migration. Aside from documenting labor outflows, BMET has started to develop a database on return migration. Some suggestions for collaborative work involving government agencies, academia and NGOs are presented.