Frontier no more: An overview of the Bangladeshi power market and opportunities for investment

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Frontier no more: An overview of the Bangladeshi power market and opportunities for investment

Based on work first presented to widespread acclaim at the 2017 Asia Power Week in Bangkok, Thailand, this new white paper explores how reforms to Bangladesh’s power sector could unlock...

Published by: Ricardo
Author: Mate Antosik; Nick Ash; Mohammad Arbaaz Nayeem; Nazmul Haque
Published on: November 27, 2017

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Regional economic power in South Asia has primarily been concentrated in India. However, with Bangladesh’s meteoric rise to regional prominence–owing to its booming economy–the economic balance of power in the...

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...the ICT sector. Facilitating the ease of starting and conducting business: Leaders have suggested that government entities must work like private sector organizations and with greater unity to improve efficiency....

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...sector even though it has seen a decline in contribution to GDP over the last few years. In 2016, the Agriculture sector contributed 41.1% of the total employment, with Manufacturing...

LightCastle Analytics Wing | October 21, 2020

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RMG and Textiles Sector in Bangladesh

...has been providing GSP facility enabling tariff and quota free entry for all products. Revoking GSP would be catastrophic for the sector, as the sector would immediately lose cost competitiveness....

LightCastle Analytics Wing | September 27, 2018

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...the positive outlook for the future performance of the Bangladeshi economy, the IMF has expressed concern about the state of the financial sector. In particular, the banking sector’s performance has...

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LightCastle Analytics Wing | March 16, 2020

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...Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) reported that the sector employs approximately 3.5 million people, of which, approximately 60.8% are women. [4] Some of these reasons included: An overvalued exchange rate...

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...of Bangladesh is aggressively pursuing a digital agenda to enhance the local information communication technology ecosystem by channeling large investments into the sector and undertaking large infrastructure projects. The Government’s...

LightCastle Analytics Wing | May 13, 2019

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Bangladesh’s agricultural sector contributes 14.2% of GDP,[1] employing 47% of the working population[2], with 17 million people (1.4 million women) depending on fisheries sector for their livelihoods through fishing, farming,...

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...modern economy, the tertiary education sector will have to play a critical role. Higher Education: The Asian Story As the gravitas of Asia grows in magnitude on the global stage,...

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