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Investment climate worsens

CPD surveys businesses

Star Business Report
An increased number of entrepreneurs think that investment environment in the country has deteriorated, according to a survey of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
Businesses' perception on economic growth has also been weakened this year, with many expressing their concern about weak macroeconomic management.
"It indicates a deterioration of business confidence," said CPD Senior Research Fellow Khondaker Golam Moazzem.
Some 57 percent executives of large and medium firms in the survey perceived that investment environment in the country has deteriorated this year, said the CPD, while sharing the findings of its Rapid Assessment Survey 2012 on Bangladesh.
The findings of the survey on Bangladesh were released along
with World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual Global Competitiveness Report 2012-13 at the think tank's office in Dhaka.
In 2011, 36 percent saw investment environment worsened.
CPD Distinguished Fellow Debapriya Bhattacharya and its Executive Director Prof Mustafizur Rahman also spoke at the report launching ceremony.
The WEF report said Bangladesh lost its competitiveness compared to other countries for the third consecutive year since 2009-10.
The country lost 10 positions to rank 118th in Global Competitiveness Index of 144 countries in 2012-13 — the worst ever erosion in competitiveness since 2003-04, accordingto the WEF report.
The CPD carried out the survey among 87 large and medium companies engaged in manufacturing, trading and services sectors between February and April this
year. Last year the number of respondents was 70.
In the Rapid Assessment Survey, the CPD found that more than 75 percent of respondents were concerned about the weak macroeconomic management in 2011.
Some 72 percent were concerned about difficulties over getting bank credit, according to the survey.
Their other concerns include an inadequate improvement in infrastructures, especially poor roads, and a lack of gas connection and electricity supply.
Fluctuation of the taka against the dollar and higher inflation also added to their worries.
"Most of the problems in the capital market were unresolved. This is evident in inefficient supervision to regulate the capital market," said the CPD, citing that 88 percent respondents think that the market regulator is weak.
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The rapid survey also found that high inflation pushed up production costs in July-December of 2011 from the same period a year ago. High interest rate on bank loans has escalated costs of firmsduringtheperiod.
Growth of new jobs was sluggish in 2011 compared to the previous year, while production also slowed down.
About 20 percent of businesspeople said employment in their firms has decreased.