Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb, Tetsushi Sonobe
The export-oriented garment industry in Bangladesh has grown rapidly for the last 3 decades and now ranks among the largest garment exporters in the world. While its early success is attributed to the initial technology transfer from South Korea, such a one-time infusion of knowledge alone is insuff...
A.K. Shamsuddoha, M. Yunus Ali, Nelson Oly Ndubisi
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of government assistance programmes on internationalization of SMEs from an Asian developing nation. Design/methodology/approach Primary data from a sample of 203 SMEs in three export-oriented industries in Bangladesh were analyzed using st...
K. A. Al Mamun, Khawaja A. Mamun
This article examines time series evidence to investigate the link between exports and economic growth in Bangladesh. Using quarterly data for a period from 1976 to 2003 the article finds that industrial production and exports are cointegrated. The results of an error correction model (ECM) suggest ...
Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Raymond Robertson
The global textile and apparel sector is critically important as an early phase in industrialization for many developing countries and as a provider of employment opportunities to thousands of low-income workers, many of them women. The goal of this book is to explore how the lifting of the Multi-fi...
Francesco Goletti, Raisuddin Ahmed, Naser Farid
A.K. Shamsuddoha, M. Yunus Ali
Purpose The impact of export promotion programs (EPPs) on firm export performance (FEP) has received little attention in the export literature. This paper attempts to investigate the direct and indirect impact of EPPs on FEP in a comprehensive model. The indirect effects of EPPs on FEP have been con...
Paul A. Dorosh
Mollah Aminul Islam, Muhammad Asif Khan, József Popp, Włodzimierz Sroka et al.
Considering the importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows for the sustainable economic advancement of a host country, this paper investigates the financial development and FDI nexus, using institutional quality as a moderator. The sample consists of 79 Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) part...
Bernard Hoekman
No AccessPolicy Research Working Papers21 Jun 2013Tentative First Steps: An Assessment of the Uruguay Round Agreement on ServicesAuthors/Editors: Bernard HoekmanBernard Hoekmanhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-1455SectionsAboutPDF (3.2 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations Share...
Gary Gereffi, Stacey Frederick
This paper examines the impact of two \n crises on the global apparel value chain: the World Trade \n Organization phase-out of the quota system for textiles and \n apparel in 2005, which provided access for many poor and \n small export-oriented economies to the markets of \n in...
Jim Love, Ramesh Chandra
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test the export‐led growth hypothesis for South Asia, a diverse region consisting of one large country, India, surrounded by a number of medium and small countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives. Design/methodology/approach...
Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Md Altab Hossin, Xiaohua Yin, Md. Kamruzzaman Sarkar
One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative is a historical initiative which connects the people over the world and facilitates various opportunities for global peace. The main purpose of this study is to explore implication of One Belt One Road initiative for global future development. It also analyzes the...
Dilip Dutta, Nasiruddin Ahmed
This paper investigates the existence of a long-run aggregate merchandise import demand function for Bangladesh during the period 1974 - 94. The cointegration and error correction modelling approaches have been applied. Empirical results suggest that there exists a unique long-run or equilibrium rel...
Uwe Deichmann, Forhad Shilpi, Renos Vakis
Faisal Z. Ahmed, Anne Regan Greenleaf, Audrey Sacks