Changes and Challenges : A Review of Bangladesh's Development 2000

Contents: Preface. I. Macroeconomic performance in FY 2000: 1. Bangladesh economy in FY 2000: macro economic outlook/Debapriya Bhattacharya. 2. Performance of the external sector in FY 2000: growth dynamics and emergent concerns/Mustafizur Rahman. 3. Recent development and structural changes in Bangladesh agriculture: issues for reviewing strategies and policies/Mahabub Hossain. II. Selected themes on development: 4. The state of governance in Bangladesh/Rehman Sobhan. 5. Rethinking anti-poverty/Binayak Sen. 6. Development of gas sector in Bangladesh: status, policy options and challenges/Azim Uddin Ahmed. 7. Power sector restructuring in Bangladesh/Nuruddin Mahmud Kamal. III. Dialogues on IRBD 2000: 1. Report 1. State of the economy and budget responses 2000. Report 2. State of Governance and budget responses 2000. Report 3. Agriculture at the crossroads: current challenges. Report 4. Restructuring the energy sector: current issues. IV. Chronology of economic events: 1. Major economic events: 1999. 2. Major economic events: 2000. "The Independent Review of Bangladesh’s Development (IRBD) 2000 is the fifth of the series which was launched in 1995 when the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) pioneered an annual review of the state of Bangladesh’s development. The IRBD exercise has by now established itself as one of the principal sources of reliable data and quality analysis pertaining to critical developmental issues in Bangladesh. The IRBD volumes demonstrate a unique effort by independent professionals to establish the fact that the civil society in Bangladesh is capable of assuming the responsibility, on a continuing basis, for holding policy-makers accountable for their stewardship of the development process. "The current volume Changes and Challenges undertakes a comprehensive review of the state of the economy during FY 2000, and puts under scrutiny major policy initiatives, growth dynamics and recent trends in the Bangladesh economy. IRBD 2000 analyses Macroeconomic Performance in its major dimensions and also deals with developments particularly in the External Sector and in Agriculture during the fiscal year 2000.…