World Bank2017-06-052017-06-052012-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26887Bangladesh sixth five year plan underscores the importance of exports for dynamism in the manufacturing sector and provision of high productivity and high income jobs. Indeed, faster export growth will be critical if Bangladesh is to achieve the accelerated growth necessary to reach its goal of becoming a middle income country by 2021. The focus of this study is to analyze the constraints to continued rapid growth in overall exports. This study seeks to focus on issues relating to i) continuation of fast growth in the basic garment sector; ii) providing an environment for encouraging export of mid and higher-value garments; iii) possibilities for diversification into IT-enabled services-business process outsourcing, or ITES-BPO; and iv) drawing some more general lessons for overall export growth.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAIRAIR CARGOAIR TRANSPORTAIRCRAFTAIRLINESAIRPORTALCOHOLIC BEVERAGESAVERAGE LOAD FACTORAVERAGE TRANSIT TIMEBACKWARD LINKAGEBARGESBERTHBILLS OF LADINGBONDED WAREHOUSESBORDER CROSSINGSBOXESBRIDGECAPITAL INVESTMENTCARGO BERTHSCARGO HANDLINGCARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENTCARGOESCARRIERSCARSCOLD STORAGECOMMODITIESCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPARATIVE ANALYSISCOMPETITIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVENESSCONGESTIONCONSUMERSCONTAINER HANDLINGCONTAINER STORAGE CAPACITYCONTAINER TRAFFICCONTAINER VESSELSCONTAINER YARDCONTAINERIZATIONCONTAINERSCOST INCREASESCROSSINGCUSTOMSCUSTOMS BROKERSCUSTOMS DUTIESCUSTOMS PROCEDURESDELIVERIESDELIVERY TIMESDISTRIBUTION CENTERSDOCKSDOMESTIC MARKETDRIVERSEXCHANGE RATESEXPORT GROWTHEXPORTSEXTERNALITIESFINANCIAL BURDENFINISHED PRODUCTSFLIGHTFLIGHT TIMEFREIGHTFREIGHT FORWARDERSFREIGHT SERVICESFREIGHT TRANSPORTFREIGHTERSFUELGDPGENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCESHIGHWAYINCOME LEVELSINEFFICIENCYINFLATIONINSPECTIONINTERNATIONAL AIRPORTINTERNATIONAL MARKETSINVENTORYINVENTORY MANAGEMENTITCLETTERS OF CREDITLOADINGLOGISTICS CHAINLOGISTICS COSTSWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/26887