The Growth Explains its Reasons Itself: From the Retrospect of Bangladesh Economy

Authors

  • Farzana Akter East West University
  • A.S.M. Habibur Rahman East West University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18034/abr.v5i2.54

Keywords:

Growth, GDP, Transition, Bangladesh, Agriculture, Industry, Service

Abstract

Bangladesh, a country with a potential economic growth had a rich agro-based economy before & after its independence. Being one of the most heavily populated countries of the world, it had to face several development challenges. Accelerated growth was just a demand of time that was pushing the whole economy towards Industrial & Service Sector where growth could be achieved swiftly. This research was performed to portray the structural transition in the economy of Bangladesh after independence. GDP at a constant price was used to represent The Growth of the economy. Step by step, the decomposition method was used to split GDP to the bottom & to get the most influential sectors & sub-sectors and their recent trends. The findings from decomposition method were supported by linear regression.  A detail & authentic dataset (42 years) was used to clarify the transition to the economy.

JEL Classification Code: O14, O53

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Author Biographies

Farzana Akter, East West University

Lecturer, Department of Business Administration, East West University, BANGLADESH

A.S.M. Habibur Rahman, East West University

Teaching Assistant, Department of Business Administration, East West University, BANGLADESH

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2015-08-31

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Akter, F., & Rahman, A. H. (2015). The Growth Explains its Reasons Itself: From the Retrospect of Bangladesh Economy. Asian Business Review, 5(2), 54–59. https://doi.org/10.18034/abr.v5i2.54

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