Exports and economic growth in Bangladesh

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-114

  Begum, Shamshad ^a   Shamsuddin, Abul F M ^b  

^a Prime Bank Limited   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Economic growth; Export led development; Gross domestic product

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXPORT LED DEVELOPMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0032424846     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220389808422556     Document Type: Article

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