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In this book of three essays (emerging from lectures at BRAC University and Bangladesh Economic Association), Professor Nurul Islam examines the opportunities as well as risks Bangladesh faces in foreign trade, investment and labour export, first in the context of economic globalization and then in the regional context, in forging mutually beneficial economic relations with India. The book also contains an empirical analysis of Bangladesh's international image—in respect of economic performance and state of governance—with a significant bearing on her development prospects. As with his other books on Bangladesh economy, Professor Islam brings to bear on his analysis insights from experience in policymaking, historical antecedents, command over current development thinking and results of his rigorous research. The book will prove invaluable to students, teachers and policymakers in understanding some of the challenges Bangladesh faces and her possible responses as she attempts to integrate with the world economy. Many of the author's insights will also be of interest to the development community in general.
Nurul Islam
Professor Nurul Islam is a leading development economist who combines academic excellence with policymaking at the highest level. He has an illustrious career spanning over three decades - Professor at Dhaka University, Founder-Director of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, and Deputy Chairman of the First Planning Commission laying the economic foundations of independent Bangladesh. Later, as he moved on to the world stage he became Assistant Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and is currently Emeritus Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington DC. Educated at Harvard where he received his Ph.D. in Economics, he held visiting appointments at various universities abroad including Oxford and Yale and was Chairman of the UN Committee on
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