Japanese Aid and Economic Development of Bangladesh

Khan, Haider (2024): Japanese Aid and Economic Development of Bangladesh.

Abstract

How important is Japanese bilateral aid for the economic development of the recipient country ? Since the high point of Japanese aid in the late 1990s, the aid has declined in constant monetary unit but is still significant. In this paper I use a bounded rationality model to study the impact of Japanese aid on Bangladesh. I also examine some political economy issues and related bureaucratic behavior.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Japanese Aid, Bilateralism, Bureaucracy, Bounded Rationality, Economic Development
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O16 - Financial Markets ; Saving and Capital Investment ; Corporate Finance and Governance; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O53 - Asia including Middle East

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