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Country Description & Profiles

Background Notes on Countries of the World: Bangladesh in Business Source Complete [About] bu logo
Published by the U.S. government and includes facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, foreign relations and travel/business information.

Bangladesh Country Review in Business Source Complete [About]bu logo
Published annually by CountryWatch, these in-depth reports provide demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental data. Includes key sector production, consumption and net exports, maps, country flag, Freedom Rankings for political rights and civil liberties, Human Development Index measuring quality of life and investment climate basic infrastructure information.

Finance, Trade & Commerce

Bangladesh Economic Competitiveness in Business Source Complete [About]bu logo
From the Icon Group, using vertical analysis or common-sized statements, provides estimates of the financial performance and labor productivity of countries compared to global benchmarks.  Financial analysis includes asset, liability and income structure, ratios, profitability ratios and key percentile rankings.  Labor productivity analysis includes asset-labor, liability-labor, and income-labor ratios.

Doing Business. Benchmarking Business Regulations.
http://www.doingbusiness.org/
Produced by the World Bank, this database provides information on business regulations and their enforcement in many countries. Countries are ranked according to ease of doing business. The Doing Business Indicators are comparable across 175 economies. These indicators include starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, enforcing contracts, and others.

EIU: Economist Intelligence Unit: Bangladesh [ About ] bu logo (works only with Firefox)
Indepth reports such as Country Finance, Country Commerce, Country Forecast, Country Monitor, etc which include economic indicators, political and business environment analysis, country risk assessment and financial and operating conditions for companies doing business globally.  Type of reports vary country by country.

Global Edge: Bangladesh
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/countryintro.asp?CountryID=13
Created by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University ( MSU-CIBER ), globalEDGE contains country specific news, statistics, history, economics, and government data.

Index of Economic Freedom: Bangladesh
http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/Bangladesh
A Web resource evaluating the following areas: trade policy, fiscal burden of government, government intervention in the economy, monetary policy, capital flows and foreign investment, banking and finance, wages and prices, property rights, regulation, and black market.

Political Risk Yearbook: Bangladesh Country Forecast in Business Source Complete [About]bu logo
From PRS Group, published annually and includes the Political Risk Service rating system which assesses different political scenarios within a country, 18-month and five year forecasts based on a variety of political scenarios, the country's political framework, key political player as well as economic conditions, investment, taxation and environmental trends, foreign relations, defense forces and the country's history and geography.

World Bank
www.worldbank.org
Provides report and statistics on challenges developing countries face, education, debt, demographics, telecommunications infrastructure, health issues, etc.

Statistics & Government Resources

Bangladesh Bank
http://www.bangladesh-bank.org/
The official Web site of the Bangladesh Bank  includes information on currency rates, monetary policy, statistics and much more.

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
http://www.bbsgov.org/

Bangladesh Embassy in Washington D.C.
http://www.bangladoot.org/
Information about business and investment. Also contains information about flora and fauna, education, travel and tourism, visas, immigration, history, geography, people and culture.

Energy Information Administration: Bangladesh
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/bangla.html

Selected Internet Resources: Bangladesh-Portals to the world
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/asian/bangladesh/bangladesh.html
"Links to electronic resources selected by Library of Congress subject experts."

U.S. Embassy to Bangladesh
http://dhaka.usembassy.gov/

 

 

 

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