Bangladesh

Bangladesh, 19 June 2021

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher’s Blog on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade

In this blog, I focus each time on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade in a certain country or territory in terms of how Location Factors (Political, Economic, Technological, Ecological, Legal, and Cultural) and Entry Modes (e.g. M&As, Export, and Greenfield) impact the attractiveness - or vice versa - the risks of FDI and International Trade in the specific country or territory.

Bangladesh – Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade

Bangladesh

Capital: Dhaka

Population: 163,046,161

GDP per Capita (PPP): $4,964

GNI per Capita (PPP): $5,200

Source: 2019, World Bank

Information and Data on FDI and International Trade

Foreign investment in Bangladesh - Santandertrade.com

Foreign trade figures of Bangladesh - Economic and Political Overview - Lloyds Bank International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)

Bangladesh - United States Department of State

Macro Data

Bangladesh | Data (worldbank.org)

Bangladesh and the IMF

General Information and Political Information

Bangladesh - The World Factbook (cia.gov)

Bangladesh country profile - BBC News

Research Papers and Research Books

Trees of Bangladesh. (cabdirect.org)

Climate change impacts on farmland value in Bangladesh - ScienceDirect

Fisheries resources of Bangladesh: Present status and future direction - ScienceDirect

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Bangladesh: Trends, Challenges, and Recommendations: Business & Management Journal Article | IGI Global (igi-global.com)

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bank, 2019.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Bangladesh: Prospects and Challenges and Its Impact on Economy | Asian Business Review (abc.us.org)

Economies | Free Full-Text | Foreign Direct Investment, Trade, and Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis of Bangladesh (mdpi.com)

Relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and Company Taxation: Case of Bangladesh by Alim Al Ayub Ahmed :: SSRN

Foreign direct investment in the energy and power sector in Bangladesh: Implications for economic growth - ScienceDirect

The impact of foreign direct investment inflows on economic growth: evidence from Bangladesh - ProQuest

Nexus between foreign direct investment and economic growth in Bangladesh: an augmented autoregressive distributed lag bounds testing approach | SpringerLink

Dynamics of financial development, trade openness, technological innovation and energy intensity: Evidence from Bangladesh - ScienceDirect

How do industrialization and trade openness influence energy intensity? Evidence from a path model in case of Bangladesh - ScienceDirect

Sustainability | Free Full-Text | Potential Trade-Offs between the Sustainable Development Goals in Coastal Bangladesh (mdpi.com)

An assessment of opportunities and challenges for cross-border electricity trade for Bangladesh using SWOT-AHP approach - ScienceDirect

International Allies, Institutional Layering and Power in the Making of Labour in Bangladesh - Zajak - 2017 - Development and Change - Wiley Online Library

The economic contribution of fish and fish trade in Bangladesh - ScienceDirect

Dynamics of Economic Growth, Investment and Trade Openness: Evidence from Bangladesh - Champa Bati Dutta, Mohammed Ziaul Haider, Debasish Kumar Das, 2017 (sagepub.com)

Factors affecting trade deficit in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh | SpringerLink

Trade (exports) as an opportunity for Bangladesh: A VECM analysis: The International Trade Journal: Vol 33, No 1 (tandfonline.com)

Squeezing workers’ rights in global supply chains: purchasing practices in the Bangladesh garment export sector in comparative perspective: Review of International Political Economy: Vol 27, No 2 (tandfonline.com)

Threatening Dystopias: Development and Adaptation Regimes in Bangladesh: Annals of the American Association of Geographers: Vol 108, No 4 (tandfonline.com)

Solutions to blue carbon emissions: Shrimp cultivation, mangrove deforestation and climate change in coastal Bangladesh - ScienceDirect

The Rise of Special Economic Zones in Bangladesh | Policy Notes (worldbank.org)

Bangladesh power supply scenarios on renewables and electricity import - ScienceDirect

Overview of Major Industries in Bangladesh | Journal of Chemical Engineering (banglajol.info)

EconPapers: Problems of Bilateral Trade Deficit between Bangladesh and India: A 2SLS Regression Analysis (repec.org)

An A-Z Pharmaceutical Industry: Bangladesh Perspective-Indian Journals

The Impact of Exchange Rate Volatility on Export and Import in Bangladesh | Rahman | European Online Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (european-science.com)

Supply chain management and export/import activities of Avery Dennison Bangladesh (bracu.ac.bd)

Achieving a competitive edge through merger: evidence from telecoms industry of Bangladesh: International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances: Vol 6, No 3 (inderscienceonline.com)

THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION TO SME PERFORMANCE IN BANGLADESH - ProQuest

Bangladesh Invented Bioplastic Jute Poly Bag and International Market Potentials by Shaharia Pavel, Vijit Supinit :: SSRN

Moderating effect of uncertainty on the relationship between effectuation and internationalisation speed: a study on small and medium software firms of Bangladesh: International Journal of Export Marketing: Vol 3, No 3 (inderscienceonline.com)

Transnational Diaspora and Civil Society Actors Driving MNE Internationalisation: The Case of Grameenphone in Bangladesh - ScienceDirect

Understanding apparel brand evolution patterns in Bangladesh: an industry life cycle perspective | Emerald Insight

Modelling induced mode switch behaviour in Bangladesh: A multinomial logistic regression approach - ScienceDirect

Public Policy and Politics via Documentaries and in-Depth TV NewsPrograms

Documentaries and in-Depth TV News programs usually reflect a certain viewpoint.ZRB

PM Modi receives ceremonial welcome in Dhaka, Bangladesh - YouTube

Bangladesh deploys border guards after deadly anti-Modi protests - YouTube

Bangladesh – dawn of Islamism | DW Documentary - YouTube

How did Bangladesh become Muslim? - YouTube

Is Bangladesh a one-party state? | Head to Head - YouTube

Bangladesh security forces ‘colluding with criminal network’ - YouTube

Hacked: The Bangladesh Bank Heist | 101 East - YouTube

Floating farms in Bangladesh help farmers survive floods - YouTube

Climate refugees in Bangladesh | DW Documentary - YouTube

History and Important History Events

A History of Bangladesh - Willem van Schendel - Google Books

Bangladesh: From A Nation To A State - Craig Baxter - Google Books

Other Issues

Bangladesh Cuts Taxes For Firms Hiring Transgender People (ibtimes.com)

Geology of Bangladesh — Schweizerbart science publishers

Water pollution in Bangladesh and its impact on public health - ScienceDirect