...Revenue Mobilisation and Economic Growth Bangladesh Economic Update November 2013 Bangladesh Economic Update Volume 4, No. 11, November 2013 Acknowledgement Bangladesh Economic Update is a monthly publication of the Economic Policy Unit of Unnayan Onneshan, a multidisciplinary research organisation based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A team works under the guidance of Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, comprising Shahida Pervin and Abid Feroz Khan. © Copyright: Unnayan Onneshan The content of this publication may be reproduced for noncommercial purposes with proper citation (please send output to the address mentioned below). Any other form of reproduction, storage in a retrieval system or transmission by any means for commercial purposes, requires permission from the Unnayan Onneshan. For orders and request, please contact: UNNAYAN ONNESHAN 16/2, Indira Road, Farmgate Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh Tell: + (880-2) 8158274, 9110636 Fax: + (880-2) 8159135 E-mail: info@unnayan.org Web: www.unnayan.org Bangladesh Economic Update, November 2013 Page | 2 1.INTRODUCTION This issue of Bangladesh Economic Update probes into the tax system of Bangladesh in the backdrop of falling investment, missing revenue target and growing pressure on revenue. This issue of Bangladesh Economic Update probes into the tax system of Bangladesh in the backdrop of falling investment, missing revenue target and growing pressure on revenue. Bangladesh has comparatively lower tax to GDP ratio, even compared to most of its...
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...intensified inequality Globalisation has built a set of prospects for mainly large firms around the world with declines in tariffs or creation of free trade areas (Celik 2010). Although globalisation has increase economic growth substantially it does however also increase the economic and social gap within and between countries. Income inequality in particular is the effect of globalisation through foreign direct investment. According to the World Development Indicators 2005 (World Bank, 2005), the richest country Norway has a per capita income of $43, 400 whereas the poorest countries Burundi and Ethiopia have a per capita income of $90. These show the huge gap between the poorest and richest countries per capita income. These numbers raised the question “Has globalisation led to a greater income inequality or less?” In the article ‘Is globalisation reducing poverty and inequality’, Wade (2004) questions the empirical basis of the neoliberal argument. The neoliberal argument says that the distribution of income between the entire world’s people has become more equal over the past two decades and the number of people living in extreme poverty has fallen. It states that these progressive trends are due in large part to the rising density of economic integration between countries, which has made for rising efficiency of resource use worldwide as countries and regions specialize in line with their comparative advantage. This is partially true as globalisation helps improve...
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...Minimizing Risk in Foreign Markets Tiffany Bowerman Shorter University Minimizing Risk in Foreign Markets Many years ago when businesses predominately operated in the country in which they originated, foreign market losses were not of concern. However, in today’s market where many companies operate globally, the condition of foreign markets cannot be ignored. There are several strategies that companies can employ to safeguard itself against foreign losses. The foreign exchange market is a market that converts currency of one country to that of another country (Hill, 2011, p. 313). The foreign exchange market has two main functions, the one of currency conversion mentioned above and the other is to provide some insurance against unpredictable changes in exchange rates (Hill, 2011, p. 313). Hedging is the process of insuring one’s business against foreign exchange risk. Two of the most common strategies used by businesses as a means of hedging is forward exchange and currency swap. By engaging in forward exchange, two companies agree to exchange currency and finish execution of its agreement at some specific point in the future. Forward exchange rates are commonly quoted for 30 days, 90 days and 180 days for major currencies (Hill, 2011, p. 317). By engaging in forward exchange the participating business knows the rate at which the transaction will occur and guards itself against unfavorable and sudden changes in the market. Businesses can use spot exchanges...
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...International Referred Research Journal,August, 2011. ISSN- 0974-2832, RNI-RAJBIL 2009/29954;VoL.III *ISSUE-31 Research Paper— Management Foreign Investment in Life Insurance Companies * Kishor Kumar Meena * Management, Jaipur National University, Jaipur A B S T R A C T The Insurance sector reforms have open in the door for private play-ers, private insurance companies in the beginning of life insurance bus-iness with public sector company (LIC). Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has allowed in private life insurance companies in India, under an act of IRDA with a limit of foreign equity of 26%.The life insurance sector is playing a pivo-tal role in both Indian and Global markets.Those factor we have taken for the analysis of private life insurance companies performance are premium growth, market share of the companies, portfolio Invest-ment, equity share capital etc. It is use for a measure of positive or negative impact of FDI investment in Indian private life insurance co-mpanies. It has investigated for a sample of five selected private life insurance companies and one pub-lic company for the purpose to co-mparison with selected companies it is using a panel data for analysis in between the period of 2002-10. Different key variable is use to an-alysis yearly premium income, infr-astructure development, employee facilities, business expansion etc. it was examined to identify cause for any significant impact on the life insurance sector. The study has made use of secondary...
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...contribution in the economic growth of the country. Bank has kept in vital role in economy day by day. Bangladesh‘s economy is surviving to free from the most underdeveloped economics. Banking industry is extending in various activities domestically and globally of the world. Our daily work is easily and fast aspect of transaction. The economic development of our country mainly depend upon the efficiency of the banking results is so far as, whether the bankers have been able to read the economic situation properly and are successful in selecting the promising industrial sectors seeking import and export assistance to grow. Bank can be defined as” a financial intermediate a dealer in loans and debts”. It is support of customers and clients all kinds of transaction through the technology. Bangladesh bank keeps monitoring banks performances. Jamuna Bank Ltd is a commercial private bank of the banking sector in our country it provides excellence services to the customers in short time. They always try to provide better services from other banks. So I have chosen Jamuna Bank because it is very first emergence and inception of modern civilization, Bank plays a pivotal role in case of overall financial & socio-economic development of any modern country. Nearly all sector contributed to the GDP growth, particularly significant were the growth of the export-oriented sectors, inflow of remittances and some service sectors like transport and communication. In that case foreign exchange operation...
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...Foreign Exchange Performance Analysis of Islamic Bank Bangladesh Ltd. A Report On Foreign Exchange Performance Analysis of Islamic Bank Bangladesh Ltd. Prepared For: The Chairman Fourth Year Examination Committee 2013 Prepared By Md. Wasiul Islam Exam ID: 100214 BBA Program, Session: 2009-10 Dept. of Finance & Banking Jahangirnagar University Savar, Dhaka – 1342 October 10, 2013 October 10, 2013 The Chairman Exam Committee Fourth Year Exam Committee 2013 Department of Finance & Banking Jahangirnagar University Savar, Dhaka-1342 Through: Mr. MD. Tarikul Islam, Thesis Supervisor Subject: Submission of the internship report/bachelor thesis Dear Sir: It is my pleasure to submit the Internship Report on “Analysis on Foreign Exchange Operation of Islamic Bank Bangladesh Ltd.” as approved by my internal supervisor, Mr. Md. Tarikul Islam and my external supervisor, Md. Hedayet Ullah, Course coordinator of Internship Program of IBBL. I expect your kind acceptance of the report my report. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to do such type of work. I tried my best to make it understandable, relevant and reliable. I also expect your cordial suggestions that will be a positive feedback for me to make better in future. Sincerely yours, MD. Wasiul Islam Exam ID: 100214 BBA Program, Session: 2009-10 Acknowledgement First of all I would like to thank the Almighty who gave me patience. In preparing this internship report...
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...Frederick W. Smith. Please respond to the following: Discuss the process of identifying market needs. Frederick Smith quickly identified market needs when he noticed that companies were becoming more technical with the use of computers. He formulated that if companies would use his overnight aircraft delivery service it would cut down cost on warehouse storage and get their products to their destinations in a timely manner. His idea came to past again when he took interest in how hard it was to get parts to a Little Rock, Arkansas, aircraft modification and overhaul shop. What makes new venture creation difficult? In the situation of Fredrick Smith with his new venture creation difficulties, first began with OPEC causing a massive inflation of fuel costs at the beginning of his new venture, which he did not anticipate. New venture creations can stop you dead in your tracks just as with Mr. Smith, just when his company’s volume of package shipping increased, he then was faced with intolerable airline regulations restricting the company to only fly tiny Falcon jets. Mr. Smith also encountered financial failure where his investors were not willing to keep the business afloat and family members were suing him for the mismanagement of the family fortune. By 1973, Smith was so desperate for cash that he flew to Las Vegas to play the blackjack tables. He wired the $27,000 he won back to FedEx. (Foust, 2004) After all of the highs and lows Mr. Smith never...
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...private life insurance companies were entered with the help of foreign equity up to 26 per cent in the life insurance business apart from the HDFC standard life, which has stand foreign equity only 18.6% in the beginning of insurance business, in the present time there are entire 22 private life insurance companies operating business in India, their in we have selected five private life insurance companies, as like ICICI prudential life insurance (2000), HDFC standard life (2000), Aviva life (2002), SBI life insurance (2001), TATA life insurance (2001). They are entire companies is playing a vital role in life insurance business with motive for exist and prospective customers to provide better facilities in lives saving scheme, future security, investment plan, funds investment etc. Consequently, the public-sector company has been face towards countering the challenges posed by the entered new players in the same business. The private players have been striving to build confidence in customers and get a foothold in the markets. In competitive markets, life insurance companies come out with innovative and attractive life insurance products, and they are trying to reach customers through various techniques. The Insurance sector reforms have open in the door for private play-ers, private insurance companies in the beginning of life insurance bus-iness with public sector company (LIC). Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has allowed in private life insurance...
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...Socio-economic Impact of Remittance on Households: A Study on Khulna City Md. Ashif Hossain Economics Discipline Social Science School Khulna University Khulna, Bangladesh August, 2013 Socio-economic Impact of Remittance on Households: A Study on Khulna City …………………………………… Md. Ashif Hossain Student Number: BSS 0 9 1 5 0 8 Session: 2011-2012 Supervisor ……………………………………. Sk. Sharafat Hossen Assistant Professor Economics Discipline Khulna University Khulna, Bangladesh A Thesis Paper submitted to the Economics Discipline of Social Science School, Khulna University, Bangladesh in partial fulfillment for the BSS (Hons.) in Economics degree August, 2013 Socio-economic Impact of Remittance on Households: A Study on Khulna City ………………………………………… (Mohammed Ziaul Haider, Ph.D) Head Economics Discipline Social Science School Khulna University August, 2013 Statement of Originality Socio-economic Impact of Remittance on Households: A Study on Khulna City The findings of this Thesis are entirely of the candidate’s own research and any part of it has neither been accepted for any degree nor is it being concurrently submitted for any other degree. ………………………………. Md. Ashif Hossain Student Number: BSS 0 9 1 5 0 8 Session: 2011-2012 August, 2013 Acknowledgement First of all I express my heartfelt gratitude to supreme creator and ruler of the world Almighty ALLAH who has given me the opportunity to conduct my education...
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...OVERVIEW OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE OPERATION (IMPORT PROCEDURE) OF FIRST SECURITY ISLAMI BANK LTD. & A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH OTHER BANKS by Taslima Akter ID# 0931048 An Internship Report Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Business Administration INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY, BANGLADESH May, 2013 Comparative study of Foreign Exchange Operations of FSIBL 1 AN OVERVIEW OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE OPERATION (IMPORT PROCEDURE) OF FIRST SECURITY ISLAMI BANK LTD. & A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH OTHER BANKS by Taslima Akter ID# 0931048 has been approved 9th May 2013 ______________________________ Abul Khair Jyote Lecturer, Marketing School of Business Independent University, Bangladesh Comparative study of Foreign Exchange Operations of FSIBL 2 Table of Contents Particulars Page No. Letter of Transmittal 01 Acknowledgement Executive Summary 02 04 Chapter-01 Introduction Overview of First Security Islami Bank Ltd Vision 06 07 08 Mission Strategies Financial Highlights Corporate Information 08 09 10 11 Board of Directors Products And Services Organizational Structure My job Responsibilities Branch Network 12 13 14 15 15 Findings Recommendations 15 16 Chapter-02 Introduction Background of the Report Scope of the Study: Objective of the Study Benefit of the report Limitations of the Study 17 17 18 18 19 19 Chapter-03 Literature Review 21 Chapter-04 Methodology 23 Chapter-5 Foreign Exchange (Import Procedure) Foreign Exchange ...
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................... 99 1. The Key to the Kingdom: The Globalized Brand ............. 100 B. Barbie in the Global Economy ................................................. 102 1. Barbie‘s History................................................................. 102 2. Corporate Philosophy and Marketing Strategies behind Barbie ................................................................................ 105 II. MATTEL‘S BUSINESS VENTURES IN INDIA ......................................... 107 A. The Late 1980s: Barbie’s Tango with the License Raj ............. 107 1. The Licensing System ....................................................... 109 2. Limits on Foreign Direct Investment .................................110 3. Mattel‘s Joint Venture ......................................................... 111 B. India’s Economic Liberalization and Mattel’s Second Chance at Success...................................................................................113 1. India, the IMF, and the World Bank ...................................113 2. Mattel in India from 1993-2010 .........................................115 III. UNDERSTANDING WHY BARBIE FAILED IN INDIA.............................. 120 A. Barbie’s Body as an Indecent Representation of the Female Form ......................................................................................... 121 B. Barbie’s Cultural Commodification of the Female................... 125...
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...Background of the study 1. Background of the study 1.1 Introduction For Internship Report under the Department of Business Administration of International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) is an obligatory part for all students. The report includes the practical knowledge and information observed and obtained during the program. As an intern I was appointed to the Mercantile Bank Limited, A.K.Khan Branch. Mercantile Bank Limited is a specialized financial institution that performs most of the standard banking services and investment activities on the basis not only profit sharing but also social partnership. This study attempts to analyze the nature of modern banking activities and performance of Mercantile Bank Limited. All through the internship program, close observation was made on different banking activities of Mercantile Bank Limited. Its performance was reviewed and analyzed through the annual reports, and internal records of the bank. I have tried my best to use this opportunity to enrich my knowledge on banking system. After observing thoroughly, I have prepared this report on the basis of my findings and observation relating to the topic. In this situation I was assigned to prepare report on “A study on the Accounting Information System at Mercantile Bank Limited in Bangladesh”. 1.2 Objective of study General objective: * The prime objective of this report is to analyze the “A study on the Accounting Information System At Mercantile Bank Limited in Bangladesh”...
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...which, hopefully, will be able to take the economic weight once oil is no longer a viable source of income. With highly developed transport and communications facilities, Bahrain is a fast-growing market at the heart of the Gulf. Bahrain has a stable government with progressive attitudes which has helped to mould the country into a well-developed economy. There are numerous development projects underway around the country which makes the prospect of starting a business in Bahrain very appealing. Bahrain offers a variety of incentives to the prospect of starting a business and investing in Bahrain including its tax free economy and no VAT (Value Added Tax). The Bahrain lifestyle is cosmopolitan and liberal, and there is a relaxed social environment which makes it a popular area with tourists from the region. It's an essentially Arab culture, adopting many of the traditions and cuisines from across the region. Its central location in the Middle East enables good accessibility to the world's business market. Their trade routes to worldwide markets through fast and efficient access by air, sea and road are a big attraction for businesses. Bahrain is also seen as a gateway to the Gulf which has a market of over 100 million people. Bahrain has the freest economy in the Middle East with a free trade agreement with the US (the US and Bahrain are close allies and Bahrain is the home to the US Navy's fifth fleet) and bilateral trade and economic agreements with 43 other countries. Trade...
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...ASSESSING THE CHALLENGES OF TAX REVENEUE MOBILISATION IN GHANA: A CASE OF SUNYANI MUNICIPALITY. By EGYIN, KODWO BOAKYE (PG 2043808) A Thesis submitted to the Institute Of Distance Learning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of COMMONWEALTH EXECUTIVE MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION JUNE, 2011 1 DECLARATION I hereby declare that this submission is my own work towards the CEMBA and that, to the best of my knowledge, it contains no material previously published by another person nor material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree of the University, except where due acknowledgement has been made in the text. Kodwo Boakye Egyin Student Name ................................... Signature .............................. Date Certified by: Mr. Jones Lewis Arthur Supervisor ................................... Signature .............................. Date Certified by: Professor Isaac Dontwi Dean ................................... Signature .............................. Date 2 DEDICATION I dedicate this work first to the Almighty God who has brought me this far, to my father, Kwamina Akwaa Egyin, who mentored me through my education, my loving wife, Yvonne, my sweet kids, Papa Akwaa, Araba and Kurankwesi who stayed by my side all along. 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I am most grateful to the Almighty God for His protection throughout the course and seeing to a successful end. My special...
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...The reasons for choosing the article are that firstly, it stated that aggregates for economic consequences, GDP, recession and unemployment have greatly affected Singapore economy. The article also focused on the nation behaviour of the declining economy for US and Greece due to finance crisis which in turn affect other nations, in this case, Singapore. In fact, the article briefly explained how aggregates like national income and output have affected US and Greece economy, which in turn affected Singapore. It will be further discussed whether this mentioned global crisis will affect Singapore inflation, causing a rise in unemployment rate and the slowing of GDP growth for emerging markets. Summary of the article The article comments on how two of Singapore’s trading partners, mainly US and Greece, are hurting themselves with their debt problems and the impact of their problems on Singapore economy. It briefly describes what US debt ceiling is and the heavy borrowing of Greek government which has greatly contributed to the global debt crisis. It also explains on US debt problem and other aftershocks if the debt ceiling is not rise. Moreover, it explains the debts that Greece had incurred and what will happen if Greece defaults on its debts. Lastly, it further highlighted that the Singapore economy is affected by the two countries’ debt problems. Identify and discuss on the economics concepts and models that will be suitable for analysing the news article Macroeconomics...
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