Bangladesh: Selected Issues

February 1, 2016

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Bangladesh: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2016) accessed December 27, 2024

Summary

This paper discusses three main issues: bank lending rates, impact of climate change on the economy of Bangladesh, and financial inclusion in Bangladesh. According to international standards, average bank lending rates and interest rate spreads in Bangladesh are not high. Various prudent policies have been implemented to bring interest rates down further. Bangladesh is considered among the top countries in the world for vulnerability to climate change, because of its geographical location and topography. The Bangladesh government has taken a number of initiatives to expand financial inclusion in the country. Financial inclusion helps increase the incomes of financially marginalized members of a society.

Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Climate change, Credit, Deposit rates, Environment, Financial institutions, Financial services, Loans, Mobile banking, Money, Nonperforming loans

Keywords: Bangladesh, Bangladesh climate change strategy, Bank, Climate change, Climate change impact, CR, Credit, Deposit rates, FI indicator, FI policy, IMF staff calculation, ISCR, Lending, Loans, Microcredit program, Nonperforming loans, Rate, South Asia

Publication Details

Pages:

27
Volume:

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DOI:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2016/028
Stock No:

1BGDEA2016002
ISBN:

9781498353748
ISSN:

1934-7685

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