Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-81) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Part I Trends in globalization and social progress 7 -- A. M ain features of trade policies9 -- B. Trade and investment flows 16 -- C. Overview of social developments since trade and -- investment liberalization 24 -- Part II Assessing the social impact of globalization39 -- A. Comparison of labour market developments before -- and after trade liberalization41 -- B. Analysis of the possible links between trade and labour markets45 -- C. Impediments to greater benefits of globalization52 -- Part III Policy issues 57 -- A. Improving the gains from trade59 -- B. Widening access to primary education65 -- C. Poverty-alleviation programmes and the elimination of -- child labour69 -- D. Labour-management relations and labour law72 -- Concluding remarks77 -- Bibliography79 List of figures -- 1 GDP growth rate and inflation 6 -- 2 Exports and imports of goods and services 18 ix -- 3 Exports by main products, 1979/80-96/9720 -- 4 Foreign direct investment in Bangladesh by origin and industry23 -- 5 Composition of the population, 1989 and 1995/9625 -- 6 Employment trends26 -- 7 Status in employment, 1989 and 1995/9632 -- 8 Trends in real wages, 1982/83-96/9735 -- 9 Gini index of income inequality, 1983/84-95/9636 -- 10 Trends in savings and investment, 1988/89-97/98 42 -- 11 Coverage of imports of goods and services, 1979/80-96/9743 -- 12 Impact of trade liberalization on urban-rural inequalities46 -- 13 Diverging trends in real capita income of richest and -- poorest households, 1985/86-95/96 48 -- 14 Government current expenditure, 1989/90-96/9766 -- 15 Resources allocated to primary education, 1990/91-95/96 67 -- 16 Government revenue receipts, 1989/90-96/9771 List of tables -- 1 Import liberalization11 -- 2 Trade and investment of EPZs in Bangladesh, 1991/92-95/9614 -- 3 Direction of exports and imports by country, 1990/91-95/9617 -- 4 Foreign direct investment by major industrial group registered -- with the BOI, 1990/91-97/98 22 -- 5 Unemployment rate by area, sex, age and education, 1989-1995/9627 -- 6 Labour force participation rate by sex and area28 -- 7 Underemployment and hours worked, 1995/9629 -- 8 Child labour characteristics30 -- 9 Education level and literacy rate of the labour force, 1995/9634 -- 10 Incidence of poverty, 1988/89-95/9636 -- 11 Revealed comparative advantage, 1990 and 1995 44 -- 12 The widening gap between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors48 -- 13 Per capita GDP at constant market prices by region49 -- 14 Labour cost per hour in the textile and apparel industries -- by country, 1993 and 199655 -- 15 The Government's educational priorities 56 -- 16 The growth of registered trade unions in Bangladesh, 1971-97 73 List of boxes -- 1 The Grameen model of poverty alleviation 62.