Bangladesh : The Path to Middle-Income Status from an Urban Perspective

Muzzini, Elisa ; Aparicio, Gabriela

Washington, DC:World Bank

关键词: Urban space;    Growth drivers;    Garment sector;    Urbanization;    Population density;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-9859-3
RP-ID  :  76187

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Bangladesh seeks to attain middle-incomestatus by 2021, the 50th anniversary of its independence. Toaccelerate growth enough to do so, it will need to undergo astructural transformation that will change the geography ofeconomic production and urbanization. Critical to itstransformation will be the creation of a globallycompetitive urban space, defined here as a space that hasthe capacity to innovate, is well connected internally andto external markets, and is livable (Organization forEconomic Cooperation and Development, or OECD 2006; WorldBank 2010). This study identifies what is unique aboutBangladesh s process of urbanization and examines theimplications for economic growth. Through the lens ofBangladesh s most successful industry, the garment sector,it describes the drivers of and constraints to urbancompetitiveness. Based on the findings, it provides policydirections to strengthen the competitiveness of Bangladesh surban space in ways that will allow Bangladesh to reachmiddle-income status by 2021.