Suchergebnisse

According to the author, the significance of the secondary education sub-sector in Bangladesh can hardly be overemphasized. He explores the performance of the secondary and higher secondary education sub-sector in this country during 1981 and 1990. The author shows that during this period, the gross enrollment rose both at the secondary school and the higher secondary levels. (DÜI-Sen)

The study looks at the performance of non-government secondary schools in rural Bangladesh. It tries to relate performance of the schools with different school-level variables e.g. physical facilities, quality and number of teachers, availability of instructional materials, standard (quality of school management) among other things. (DÜI-Sen)

How far the agrarian structural factors like tenancy and scale are related to the level and composition of capital accumulation are analysed. Two tubewell irrigated villages of two different agro-ecological areas of Bangladesh were chosen for the study employing the Schultzian model as its analytical framework. The study broadly confirms the Schultzian hypothesis that tenancy acts as an obstacle to ownership of capital items. (DÜI-Sen)

Economic zone or export processing zone in a country is a purpose-built industrial park with infrastructure designed to suit the needs of foreign as well as local investors. In order to tempt foreign investors into the zones the host developing countries offer a variety of incentives. By encouraging and motivating the multinational companies to settle their Greenfield investments in developing countries, the economic zone scheme acts as a tool for empowering the local economy to gain multiple capabilities and go global increasingly to facilitate income convergence between the industrialized and the developing countries through equitable sharing of the gains from trade. Nonetheless, it is not a magic wand. Its experiences in Malaysia and Bangladesh clearly show that it can create wonder only when it is appropriately designed and managed. It is suggested that Bangladesh borrows a leaf from the rich experiences of Malaysia's economic zone model, to restructure and revitalize her economic zone scheme for greater success.