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This paper discusses progress on Sixth Five Year Plan (2011–15) of Bangladesh. For the broad picture of performance of the Sixth Plan during the first three years in terms of achieving major development targets relating to economic growth, employment and poverty reduction is generally positive. The economy has made further solid progress in these areas, which is reassuring. Progress has also been made in transforming the economy from a rural-based agrarian economy to one that is more modern urban-based manufacturing and services-based. Export performance is on track, which has provided the impetus for the expansion of the manufacturing sector.

Poverty --- Economic development --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Industries: Manufacturing --- Environmental Economics --- Demography --- Education: General --- Health: General --- Demographic Economics: General --- Environmental Economics: General --- Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General --- Education --- Health economics --- Population & demography --- Environmental economics --- Manufacturing industries --- Health --- Population and demographics --- Environment --- Manufacturing --- Economic sectors --- Population --- Environmental sciences --- Bangladesh

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This paper examines the variation in life cycle growth across the universe of Mexican firms. We establish two stylized facts to motivate our analysis: first, we show that firm size matters for development by illustrating a close correlation with state-level per capita incomes. Second, we show that few firms grow as much as their U.S. peers while the majority stagnates at less than twice their initial size. To gain insights into the distinguishing characteristics of the two groups, we then econometrically decompose life cycle growth across firms. We find that firms that have financial access and multiple establishments and that are formal, part of diversified industries and located in population centers can grow at sizeable rates.

Consumption (Economics) --- Consumer demand --- Consumer spending --- Consumerism --- Spending, Consumer --- Demand (Economic theory) --- Macroeconomics --- Industries: Manufacturing --- Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis --- Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development --- Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General --- Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General --- Labor Economics: General --- Manufacturing industries --- Labour --- income economics --- Manufacturing --- Labor --- Economic sectors --- Labor economics --- Mexico --- Income economics

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In this paper, we assess whether recent economic developments in Russia are symptomatic of Dutch Disease. We first provide a brief review of the literature on Dutch Disease and the natural resource curse. We then discuss the symptoms of Dutch Disease, which include (1) real exchange rate appreciation; (2) slower manufacturing growth; (3) faster service sector growth; and (4) higher overall wages. We test these predictions for Russia while carefully controlling for other factors that could have led to similar symptoms. We conclude that, while Russia has all of the symptoms, the diagnosis of Dutch Disease remains to be confirmed.

Foreign Exchange --- Macroeconomics --- Economic Theory --- Industries: Manufacturing --- Industries: Service --- Energy: Demand and Supply --- Prices --- Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General --- Industry Studies: Services: General --- Resource Booms --- Manufacturing industries --- Currency --- Foreign exchange --- Economic theory & philosophy --- Oil prices --- Manufacturing --- Real exchange rates --- Services sector --- Dutch disease --- Service industries --- Economic forecasting --- Russian Federation --- Foreign exchange rates --- Economic development

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This paper assesses Germany's external competitive position from several angles. It first examines movements in several real exchange rate indices. The analysis of competitiveness is then supplemented by using the so-called constant market share approach, and finally by examining briefly both pressures on profit margins in the tradable goods sector as well as export prospects. A key conclusion of the analysis is that the deterioration of Germany's external competitiveness suggested by some commonly used indicators of the real appreciation of the deutsche mark, such as those based on relative unit labor costs in manufacturing, is generally exaggerated.

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This paper shows that deindustrialization is explained primarily by trends internal to the advanced economies. These include the combined effects on manufacturing employment of a relatively faster growth of productivity in manufacturing, the associated relative price changes, and shifts in the structure of demand between manufactures and services. North-South trade explains less than one fifth of deindustrialization in the advanced economies. Moreover, the contribution of North-South trade to deindustrialization has been mainly through its effects in stimulating labor productivity in Northern manufacturing. It has had little enduring effect on total manufacturing output in the advanced economies.

Labor --- Macroeconomics --- Industries: Manufacturing --- Production and Operations Management --- Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General --- Employment --- Unemployment --- Wages --- Intergenerational Income Distribution --- Aggregate Human Capital --- Aggregate Labor Productivity --- Macroeconomics: Production --- Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions --- Human Capital --- Skills --- Occupational Choice --- Labor Productivity --- Manufacturing industries --- Labour --- income economics --- Manufacturing --- Productivity --- Personal income --- Labor productivity --- Economic sectors --- Production --- National accounts --- Economic theory --- Industrial productivity --- Income --- Japan --- Income economics