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UPL has since published 800 titles of which about 600 live titles are on its list and has presently an on going publishing programme of about 50 titles a year. UPL has its main office in Dhaka with office in Chittagong. Books from the United Kingdom, India and Pakistan are distributed by UPL. Besides its joint publishing programme with OUP and its branches, UPL has collaborated and co-published with Zed Books, Intermediate Technology Publications in the UK; West View Press, Indiana University Press, Kumarian Press in the US; Sage, MacMillan, Manohar Books in India.

UPL's publisher and Managing Director Mohiuddin Ahmed had been editor of OUP, Pakistan Branch until 1972. He then took over as Chief Executive of OUP, Bangladesh. He has been actively contributing to the Book Development activities of Bangladesh.

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Readings in Microeconomics

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To make the Readings self-contained in coverage, Fahad Khalil has provided an Introduction of Game Theory. The book should be vital importance to students, especially those aspiring to go abroad for studies and practitioners of economics ho are interested in analyzing human activity in the market.

Rural Financing and Agricultural Credit in Bangladesh: Future Development Strategies for Formal Sector Banks

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This book should be highly useful to the policy makers, agriculturists and field-level bankers. Since it contains huge credit related information on formal-sector banks in Bangladesh, should be of special interest to academic researchers as well.

Elite Perceptions of Poverty in Bangladesh

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The book highlights the importance of the character of the national elite and their perceptions of poverty in determining the urgency with which poverty is tackled by public policy. It is a must read literature for development practitioners, courses in development studies and the Bangladeshi English reading elite.

Looking Outward: Bangladesh in the World Economy

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In this book of three essays (emerging from lectures at BRAC University and Bangladesh Economic Association), Professor Nurul Islam examines the opportunities as well as risks Bangladesh faces in foreign trade, investment and labour export, first in the context of economic globalization and then in the regional context, in forging mutually beneficial economic relations with India.

Economics and Altruism: Random Thoughts

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The casual reader will get a guided tour on how altruism and practice can be combined for the benefit of mankind. Salehuddin Ahmed is Managing Director (CEO) of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), the apex funding agency of microcredit operations in Bangladesh. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from McMaster University, Canada in 1978. He started his career as a teacher in Economics at Dhaka University and then joined the civil service of the government. He worked at the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP). He was Director General of Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Comilla and also Director General of the NGO Affairs Bureau.

Agendas for Economic Cooperation in South Asia: SACEPS Task Force Reports

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The Dialogue Reports reflect the rich inputs made by the dialogue participants who included high level policymakers, experts, leaders from the civil society and representatives from other key stakeholder groups. The present volume has been published to coincide with the holding of the thirteenth SAARC

Rotting from the Head - Donors and LDC Corruption

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This book asks whether the corruption prevalent is not often deliberately caused by the donor agencies themselves. Civil society and aid agencies have persistently and widely trumpeted rampant corruption within the bureaucracy and political bodies in the Third World as the primary obstacle to sustainable development but the central role of donors in this matter has not been carefully analysed. This issue is thus a radically new addition to the literature on development.

Challenges for Second Generation Microfinance: Regulation, Supervision and Resource Mobilization

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Two decades of development practice have highlighted the importance of financial services in the fight against poverty. Accordingly microfinance organizations have scaled up their operations in many developing countries, with Bangladesh being a notable example. However, the traditional form of support for microfinance via donor grants and concessional loans is not sustainable.

Exchange Rates, Capital Flows and International Trade - The Case of Bangladesh

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A The recent Asian and Mexican currency crises have provided a somber lesson that in a global economic setting, the exchange rate policy, and more broadly monetary and financial policy cannot be treated in a business as usual manner. The stake is high because exchange rate policy has profound impact on current and future macroeconomic performance.

Microfinance Systems - Designing Quality Financial Services for the Poor

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THIS BOOK was written as a result of repeated requests from practitioners and donor agencies in the microfinance field. It draws on the author's research and thirteen years of practical experience in Bangladesh, Philippines and East Africa, and on the large and growing microfinance literature.

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