Trade Theories for Islamic Developing Countries - Bangladesh Experience

The fundamental strength of an economy lies on the availability of the low cost factors of production in comparison to other countries in the region. The growth rate in Bangladesh Ready-Made Garment industry (one of the fast growing Islamic economies) has been significantly high in the last three de...

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Main Authors: Abdul Razak Abdul Hadi, Qazi Shamin Sultana, Mohamed Hisham Yahya, Abu Hassan Shaari
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spelling my.unikl.ir-52212013-12-10T01:29:14Z Trade Theories for Islamic Developing Countries - Bangladesh Experience Abdul Razak Abdul Hadi Qazi Shamin Sultana Mohamed Hisham Yahya Abu Hassan Shaari Trade Liberalization Ready-Made Garments (RMG) New Industrial Policy (NIP) Exchange Rate Regime Quantitative Restrictions (QR) Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) Economic Reformation Multi Fiber Agreement (MFA) Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) The fundamental strength of an economy lies on the availability of the low cost factors of production in comparison to other countries in the region. The growth rate in Bangladesh Ready-Made Garment industry (one of the fast growing Islamic economies) has been significantly high in the last three decades. This study is pursued with the objective of examining the effect of trade and monetary policies on the success of Ready-Made Garments industry in Bangladesh, with special attention given on the roles of India and China in the Indian subcontinent. The study employs Johansen-Juselius Co integration test and Vector Error Correction Modeling (VECM). Using yearly data from January 1990 through September 2011, this study reveals a significant long-term relationship between RMG export of Bangladesh and the four tested explanatory variables (Merchandise Export of China and India, domestic inflation in Bangladesh and Bangladesh exchange rate). The statistical results from the Granger Causality test show a presence of dynamic relationship between the performance of RMG export of Bangladesh and the fluctuation in Bangladesh exchange rates. However, this dynamic relation is non-existent in relation to factors involving merchandise export from China and India as well as domestic inflation. 2013-12-10T01:29:14Z 2013-12-10T01:29:14Z 2013-12-10 http://ir.unikl.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/5221 en
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topic Trade Liberalization
Ready-Made Garments (RMG)
New Industrial Policy (NIP)
Exchange Rate Regime
Quantitative Restrictions (QR)
Structural Adjustment Program (SAP)
Economic Reformation
Multi Fiber Agreement (MFA)
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
spellingShingle Trade Liberalization
Ready-Made Garments (RMG)
New Industrial Policy (NIP)
Exchange Rate Regime
Quantitative Restrictions (QR)
Structural Adjustment Program (SAP)
Economic Reformation
Multi Fiber Agreement (MFA)
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
Abdul Razak Abdul Hadi
Qazi Shamin Sultana
Mohamed Hisham Yahya
Abu Hassan Shaari
Trade Theories for Islamic Developing Countries - Bangladesh Experience
description The fundamental strength of an economy lies on the availability of the low cost factors of production in comparison to other countries in the region. The growth rate in Bangladesh Ready-Made Garment industry (one of the fast growing Islamic economies) has been significantly high in the last three decades. This study is pursued with the objective of examining the effect of trade and monetary policies on the success of Ready-Made Garments industry in Bangladesh, with special attention given on the roles of India and China in the Indian subcontinent. The study employs Johansen-Juselius Co integration test and Vector Error Correction Modeling (VECM). Using yearly data from January 1990 through September 2011, this study reveals a significant long-term relationship between RMG export of Bangladesh and the four tested explanatory variables (Merchandise Export of China and India, domestic inflation in Bangladesh and Bangladesh exchange rate). The statistical results from the Granger Causality test show a presence of dynamic relationship between the performance of RMG export of Bangladesh and the fluctuation in Bangladesh exchange rates. However, this dynamic relation is non-existent in relation to factors involving merchandise export from China and India as well as domestic inflation.
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author Abdul Razak Abdul Hadi
Qazi Shamin Sultana
Mohamed Hisham Yahya
Abu Hassan Shaari
author_facet Abdul Razak Abdul Hadi
Qazi Shamin Sultana
Mohamed Hisham Yahya
Abu Hassan Shaari
author_sort Abdul Razak Abdul Hadi
title Trade Theories for Islamic Developing Countries - Bangladesh Experience
title_short Trade Theories for Islamic Developing Countries - Bangladesh Experience
title_full Trade Theories for Islamic Developing Countries - Bangladesh Experience
title_fullStr Trade Theories for Islamic Developing Countries - Bangladesh Experience
title_full_unstemmed Trade Theories for Islamic Developing Countries - Bangladesh Experience
title_sort trade theories for islamic developing countries - bangladesh experience
publishDate 2013
url http://ir.unikl.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/5221
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