Economic and non-economic determinants of economic growth in Bangladesh: multivariate regression analysis

Abstract

This study focuses on the scenario of the economic development of Bangladesh. The major objective of the study is to examine the economic and non-economic determinants of the economic growth of the country. This study employs the Multivariate OLS regression and GLM technique to explore the influences of those variables to the economic growth and development of the country. The empirical results show that agriculture, industry, and service sector contribution to real GDP are positive where industry and service sectors are statistically significant. The results of the economic determinant model illustrate that the capital, labor forces, imports, and total reserve of the country positively influence the economic development of the country which are significant also. The OLS estimation shows that coefficients of non-economic determinants such as control of corruption and bureaucratic quality are positively significant to influence the economy. The results also present that internal conflict, democratic accountability, and rule and order situation negatively affect the economic growth in Bangladesh. The GLM estimation shows the control of corruption, rule, and order also a positive effect on economic growth. These empirical findings are consistent with the exploratory analysis and practices.