Bangladesh has enjoyed robust growth since the early 2000sexceeding trends inother similar developing countries. Yet, the impact on employment has been less positive. The economyis still beset by underemployment, widespread informal employment, low productivity and earnings, and poorworking conditions. Taken together these factors, limit the impact that strong growth has had on poverty reduction.To address the challenges, this joint ILO/ADB study argues for still stronger growth with more rapid industrialization. It stresses theneed for substantial diversification of production and employment within the manufacturing and agriculture sectors.It examines the ongoing need for significant numbers of Bangladeshi workers to continue finding employmentoverseas. It also underscores the importance of upgrading education and skills so that people can be productively
employed at home.
