Implications of Bangladesh’s Graduation from Least Developed Countries Status on Japanese Companies

Takashi, Usami; Noriyoshi, Fukuoka

doi:10.33094/26410249.2021.32.28.39

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“…One is not sure if the country is going to graduate from the LDC status in 2026. 3 This writer, however, agrees with Willem van Schendel, who wonders if perpetual bad governance, poor resource management, the growing demographic pressure and their ecological consequences are likely to adversely affect Bangladesh in the coming years! He raises the pertinent question: "Is the delta headed for boom or bust?"…”

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confidence: 94%

Fifty Years of Bangladesh, 1971-2021

Hashmi¹

2022

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As of today, it is the only historical sociology of Bangladesh illustrating the nation's culture, development, governance, and identity crises from the perspectives of history, politics, sociology, and cultural anthropology. Excellent work."-Kamal Siddiqui, Former Professor at the IDPM, Manchester University, UK "A must-read book to understand why 50 years after becoming independent, Bangladesh continues to be one of the most fractured countries in the world, its huge economic progress notwithstanding. Taj Hashmi has brilliantly examined the historical, political, economic, social and cultural contexts of Bangladesh's disunity to conclude that it is still dysfunctional." -M. Serajul Islam, Retired Bangladeshi Diplomat, Bangladesh "What a history Bangladesh has had in 50 years! Taj Hashmi captures it all in his beloved homeland! In his pessimism of the intellect and the optimism of the soul he pulls no punches and critiques his "sonar Bangla" in the starkest terms but he remains optimistic and ever hopeful. In ten brilliantly and exhaustively researched chapters he covers all the nation's fault-lines from its booming garment industry to its rural agricultural base, from its history under the Raj to its significant place in the 21st century global economy, from its Bengali and Islamic orientation to its Bangladeshi-Islamic identity, and from its reverence and criticism of its heroes from Pakistan's founder Jinnah to Mujeeb and Zia and their descendants to the demographic and environmental catastrophes that beckon. It is thirty years since the erudite, well-travelled, and cosmopolitan Hashmi penned his Pakistan as a Peasant Utopia, and over twenty years since his Women and Islam in Bangladesh. Scholars and the public will recognize and appreciate his frank assessment as much as some will find it challenging and uncomfortable. Everyone will benefit from his forthright comments on the global economy and its social, political, and economic impact: but "Culture Matters"." -Roger D. Long, Eastern Michigan University, USA "The narrative sweep of this book covers Bangladesh's political culture, development, identity, and governance over the last fifty years of its independence since 1971. This appraisal is reminiscent of Taj Hashmi's other recognized social history volumes on South Asia. I recommend this book for the fresh as well as the veteran readers of Bangladesh history." -M. Rashiduzzaman,

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Section: Preface and Acknowledgementsmentioning

confidence: 94%