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JOBS /
IRIS Publications |
Many JOBS publications can be
downloaded directly from the Web site. Download the Portable
Document Format (PDF) version where available using Adobe
Acrobat by clicking on the links which are given below:General
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Asif U. Ahmed, February 2002
This brief
report provides a precise outlook on the preparation and
planning that does and should go behind exports to developing
countries. It contains a thorough breakdown and study of the
decisions and activities during and before market
assessment and selection. It also provides a strategic
guideline for decision making in the area. The report ends
with a list of practical hints in targeting international
markets.
Forrest Cookson,
October 1998
Small enterprises in the Dhaka
area were badly damaged by the 1998 flood. This paper reviews
the damage incurred in the worse effected areas around Dhaka
and presents several actions that may be taken to assist these
enterprises to recover from the losses incurred in the flood.
In this report a small survey was carried out and it is
analyzed to give a current picture of the financing situation
facing the enterprises; to determine the losses incurred from
the floods; and to provide a framework for assessing the
impact of different approaches to funding rehabilitation.
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Sub-Sector Studies
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This report was submitted to UNDP Bangladesh in May 2005 to
assist in the formulation of ideas that will ensure
Bangladesh’s global competitiveness following the expiry of
the Multi-Fiber Agreement (MFA). The study offers an overview
of export diversification projects/organizations operating in
the country, lessons learned from the export promotion
strategies of Bangladesh’s regional competitors, an evaluation
of the country’s trade policy, and the selection and analysis
of seven employment intensive export sectors.
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A. Imran Shauket, July 2004
This report offers an analysis of
world demand for handmade paper and the opportunity that
demand represents for the sub sector in Bangladesh. Based
on JOBS Project’s experience in assisting the export
capacity of handmade paper producers in the country, the
report provides predictions on the growth potential of the
industry in Bangladesh and details the technical and policy
support that is required.
Muzammel Haque, September
1998
This is
one of the eight sub-sector studies completed in July 1998 for
the JOBS Program. The report is based on focus group
discussion with BEMMA (Bangladesh Electrical Merchandise
Manufacturers' Association) in Dhaka and a field level survey
on producers, input suppliers, wholesalers/ retailers, and
consumers of electrical small goods in Bangladesh. A total of
72 respondents were covered for this report, of whom 40 were
entrepreneurs producing electrical small goods, 12 consumers
of these items, 11 wholesalers or retailers and 9 suppliers of
input to the large group of producer-entrepreneurs.
Alim Haider, September 1998
This
sub-sector study and baseline survey on bakery sub-sector was
made with the objectives of identifying its strengths and
weaknesses, and to assess the key needs and growth potential
of this sub-sector. The report formulates a objective for
non-financial programs for promotion and development of small
and medium scale enterprises in the country to create job
opportunities for the poor.
M.S. Aslam
Mia, September 1998 This report is a baseline survey
and study for textile dyeing and printing in Bangladesh. It
contains all information from identifying the problems
suffered and opportunities enjoyed by this sector; determining
the causes of problems; establish solutions; and finally
implementing measures to solve the problems. It provides an
outlook onto the situations prevailing in this particular sub
sector regarding raw material, trends, availability of
technology and various other important factors.
Mollah
Shahidul Haque & Shahin Akter,
September 1998 Recognizing the potentiality of
the handloom sector for poverty reduction in Bangladesh, this
study attempts to develop an action‑oriented program for the
growth of this industry. It surveys producers, retailers,
suppliers and consumers to obtain findings covering a wide
range of subjects including location, investment, trade
licenses, ownership, expansion, promotional work and
membership of national associations in this sub-sector. It
also looks at the impact of Grameen check, the proportion of
women in the industry, the proportion of units running at full
capacity and on what criteria consumers base their purchasing
decisions.
Zahurul Alam, September 1998
Ahmed Momtaz Uddin, August 1998
In the industrially advanced countries plastics gained
prominence as a modern, technically oriented, high growth
industry in the early twentieth century through making rapid
inroads into various branches of consumer goods, intermediate
goods, and capital goods industries primarily as low-cost
substitutes for a wide range of natural materials. Meanwhile,
their application as industrial raw materials in the
developing countries like Bangladesh remained rather limited.
A generally low level of economic development, narrow
industrial base, and lack of intensive technological and
market research activities, constituted the important barriers
to rapid penetration of plastics into the market occupied by
the traditional materials in the less developed countries
(LDCs).
Zaid Bakht
, August 1998
This report contains a detailed study of
eight sub-sectors, namely, Bakery, Specialized Handloom,
Textile Dyeing and Printing, Footwear, Plastic Products, Steel
Furniture, Electrical Goods and Engineering Workshop. The
study is carried out with a view to further narrowing down
JOBS’ area of initial intervention and preparing appropriate
package of non-financial assistance for the selected
sub-sectors.
The report identifies the key firms and actors in the
sub-sectors, map each sub-sector's operations and highlight
the constraints and the opportunities faced by the individual
sub-sectors. The eight sub-sector studies are also intended to
provide benchmark data from which sub-sector assistance can be
measured. The report provides a comparative assessment of the
eight sub-sectors focusing on both the static and dynamic
aspects of these sub-sectors.
M. Lutfar Rahman Khan
This report
carries out studies and baseline surveys into small metal
works and light engineering industries, for the JOBS program.
It provides information on the firms and actors in each
sub-sector; each sub-sectors' operations and its strengths and
weaknesses; sub-sector level key needs and true firm level
interest in project involvement to expand their employment and
incomes; ad finally the potential growth in the sub-sector.
Azim
Syed ,
September 1998
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Enabling Environment
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Phyllis Raymond, November 2001
This report contains the implementation plan of a Secured
Transaction Registry in Bangladesh. It is an in depth study of
the prevailing conditions of the credit-lending situation in
Bangladesh which does not does not provide for security of the
lenders in lending money using movable goods as collateral.
For the above reason, JOBS has introduced a draft Secured
Transactions Act (STA) to the Government of Bangladesh. This
legislation would provide a more secure lending environment in
Bangladesh. The report contains the implementation strategy
for this act. It is given in full detail and can be source for
understanding the core of the STA.
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Najmul Hossain
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December 2000
This paper highlights the status,
statutes, potential and constraints of e-commerce development
in Bangladesh. Both the statutory laws as well as the
challenges in implementing them have been attempted. The
paper also lists specific policy changes aimed at bringing
improvements to the legal and regulatory environment affecting
e-commerce.
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Allen Welsh, November 2000
This
report briefly reviews the opportunity Bangladesh may find
for increased business credit through improved legal and
institutional support. The report examines the weaknesses of
substantive law in Bangladesh relating to movable property
financing. The report outlines concrete policies that would
improve the legal climate for movable property financing
law. -
JOBS, April 2000 This
handbook helps in thinking and planning the future of an
enterprise through the construction of a sound, basic
business, marketing and financial plan. It also provides a
net worth/financial statement, required by a bank in support
of loan application. The approach adopted is to simply
illustrate how a SME manufacturer should go about preparing
a business, financial and marketing plan -
Forrest Cookson, March 1999
This report covers the condition of the credit information
industry in Bangladesh and proposes a direction for future
growth. The credit information industry is an essential
component of the financial system. Its evolution in
Bangladesh over the past decade has been very successful,
but also with unexpected side effects. These side effects
now seriously impede the further development of the
industry. It is now imperative, for the health of the
financial industry, that the provision of credit information
and ratings be expanded, deepened, and the negative side
effects be remedied. This agenda calls for a serious and
sustained effort to stimulate the emergence of new credit
information companies able to provide relevant data to the
financial sector. And this report delves into all such side
effects and their remedies.
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Najmul Hossain
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October 1998
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Patrick Meagher, June 1998
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External Documents about the JOBS/IRIS Project
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Johns Hopkins, November 2003
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The 4th BDS
Seminar 2003 has taken the debate of the conceptualization of
the BDS market development approach a step further and
discussed the implementation of the approach. The Seminar
report has three parts. The first part briefly mentions the
subject of the presentations in chronological order of the
week. Subject presentations are underlined followed by the
corresponding section numbers so that readers can easily skip
to the part of most interest. The second part presents the
summaries of the presentations and lists the main points that
came out of the daily Discussion Groups. The third part is a
summary of the optional Study Tour that took place after the
Seminar.
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Dewan Alamgir, August 2003
A write up
which provides a clear understanding of the JOBS project and
all its functions. There is easy description of how the
Project assists in providing technical support to
Micro Enterprises (ME) ad Small & Medium Enterprises (SME)
Developments, and about their Policy Initiatives. It also
contains a brief look at the various sectors and their
performance under the guidance of JOBS.
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David Knopp, November 2002
A growing body of
evidence suggests that unless micro enterprises are active
participants in the formal economy and integral links within
a commercial supply-chain, opportunities to build wealth and
break the cycle of poverty will remain elusive. This fact is
not lost on micro enterprises, as “lack of market access” is
frequently identified as one of most important constraints
to growth. However, with limited access to credit or working
capital, market knowledge, and production skills, micro
enterprises are faced with the decision to enter new markets
blindly, or produce what is already known locally.
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Others Documents of Interest
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JOBS
Project,
June 2004
USAID Bangladesh has developed an
explicit environment program known as Nishorgo Support
Project focusing on improved management of open water and
topical forest resources. The program is being implemented
by International Resources Group (IRG) in collaboration with
the Forest Department’s Protected Area (PA) Management
program. As JOBS Project is heavily involved in sector
development and generates sustainable employment in
Bangladesh Nishorgo Project hired JOBS expertise to carry
out sector assessment for the selected Protected Areas (PAs)
to develop sustainable enterprise. Recently JOBS Project has
finished the survey and delivered the report named “Pre
–Assessment of Enterprise Development Opportunities
Associated with Pilot Protected Areas of the Nishorgo
Support Project”. The five selected Protected Areas are Teknaf Game Reserve, Chunuti Wildlife Sanctuary, Satchari
Reserved Forest, Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary and
Lawachara National Park. The objective of this initiative is
to facilitate the growth of the enterprises around the PAs
by conducting sector assessment for creating a solid
economic platform for them in the near future and to develop
nature-based production enterprise at the micro, small and
medium level in and around the PAs.
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JOBS
Project,
April 2004
The Business
Development Services (BDS) paradigm is the latest buzzword in
the development field. However, for all its promise, few
organizations have managed to implement it successfully.
Because few BDS case studies exist, the concept is changing
constantly. One general definition is: “Business Development
Services are services that improve the performance of an
enterprise, its access to markets, and its ability to compete.”-
November 2002 -
This report outlines the
importance of e-commerce and consequently, the importance of
information and communication technologies (ICTs) for
developing countries. It then provides a ‘toolkit’ to help
determine and prioritize the necessary policy steps to advance
these ICTs. It attempts to provide a cost-effective and
locally owned approach to identify priority policy areas,
taking into account the needs, goals and capabilities of the
client country and its global socioeconomic position. -
Micro Enterprise Database
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Information Technology (IT)
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This document was submitted to Cisco Learning Initiative in
July 2005 as Bangladesh’s contribution to a multi-country
impact assessment exercise. The assessment comprised a
month-long survey of Cisco Networking Academy Program (CNAP)
students, graduates, instructors, and other community
stakeholders to determine the effectiveness of the Program’s
gender initiative. The final report offers an analysis of the
survey results, recommendations for further improvements, and
success stories of women involved in CNAP in Bangladesh.
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This study offers a literature review of ICT thinking in
Bangladesh by recapping the issues and recommendations that
have been made elsewhere and combining them with the
experience of JOBS/IRIS in ICT sector development. The review
is categorized according to e-Policy, e-Government,
e-Commerce, and e-HRD, and concludes that efforts to develop
the ICT sector in the country can be concentrated most
effectively in the area of e-HRD.
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Project of USAID Bangladesh Implemented by the IRIS Center at University
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Job Opportunities and Business Support (JOBS)
House No. 1A Road No. 23 Gulshan -1, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
Phone: 880-2-9885141, 880-2-9895218, 880-2-8826154, 880-2-8829037 Fax: 880-2-8826154
Email: info@jobsiris.dhaka-bd.net |
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