@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00012699,
 author = {Shinkai, Naoko and Hossain, Monzur},
 issue = {181},
 journal = {GSID Discussion Paper},
 month = {Dec},
 note = {The recent global financial crisis seemed to have affected negatively many countries in the world not only directly but indirectly. However, there might be some opportunities created if some countries or sectors could take advantage of relocations of productions of multinational firms seeking for more efficient supply. In this paper, one of the leading and fast growing industries, whose market shares are mostly acquired by those affected countries, the IT sector in Bangladesh is examined in order to measure the impact of the global financial crisis. In order to find out the situation in the sector more closely, we have conducted a survey of 202 IT firms of various sizes in Dhaka in 2009. It is concluded that, to some extent, the negative impact appears in performance measures but in 2008 most SMEs seemed to have recovered. In terms of total productivity, for those firms, which are more than 5 years old, show that E-governance activities contribute to total productivity by 0.8984 percent. Infrastructure development, tax exemption, export promotion and training of engineers are considered to be major concerns among others in IT business operations based on the survey, which can be tackled by policies to support further development of this sector.},
 pages = {1--27},
 title = {Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the IT Sector in Bangladesh : Lessons Learned and Policy Recommendations},
 year = {2010}
}