In this book of three essays (emerging from lectures at BRAC University and Bangladesh Economic Association), Professor Nurul Islam examines the opportunities as well as risks Bangladesh faces in foreign trade, investment and labour export, first in the context of economic globalization and then in the regional context, in forging mutually beneficial economic relations with India. The book also contains an empirical analysis of Bangladesh’s international image–in respect of economic performance and state of governance–with a significant bearing on her development prospects. As with his other books on Bangladesh economy, Professor Islam brings to bear on his analysis insights from experience in policy making, historical antecedents, command over current development thinking and results of his rigorous research. The book will prove invaluable to students, teachers and policy makers in understanding some of the challenges Bangladesh faces and her possible responses as she attempts to integrate with the world economy. Many of the author’s insights will also be of interest to the development community in general.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nurul Islam
Professor Nurul Islam was successively (1955-1975), Professor of Economics, Dhaka University, Director of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, (later Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies), Deputy Chairman of the first Planning Commission of Bangladesh. From 1975 onwards he was Fellow at St. Antony’s College at Oxford University, Assistant Director General of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation and Advisor and later Emeritus Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute. He held several visiting academic appointments at Yale and Cambridge Universities and both London and Netherlands School of Economics. He was a member and later the Chairman of the UN Committee of Development Planning Policy He has written extensively on various aspects of trade, development, food security and public policy. Among his published books are: Development Planning in Bangladesh: A Study in Political Economy (UPL, 1979, reprint 1993), Development Strategy of Bangladesh (Pergamon, 1978), Foodgrain price Stabilization in Developing Countries: Issues and Experiences in Asia (IFPRI, 1996) and Exploration in Development Issues: Selected Articles of Nurul Islam (Ashgate, 2003).
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