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Table B.3 Infrastructure: Location Performance Relative to Dhaka City
Location
Availability and quality of public water and sewerage
Access to and quality of telecommunication services
Reliability of public power supply
Access to and quality of social services
Dhaka Urban peri-urban areas of metropolitan Dhaka
–0.19** (0.091)
–0.07 (0.085)
–0.13 (0.079)
–0.16 (0.115)
Rural peri-urban areas of metropolitan Dhaka
–0.06 (0.080)
0.03 (0.074)
–0.07 (0.071)
–0.17 (0.101)
Dhaka EPZ
0.19 (0.171)
0.15 (0.155)
0.59*** (0.159)
–0.23 (0.227)
City
0.23*** (0.086)
0.10 (0.082)
–0.06 (0.079)
0.26*** (0.099)
EPZ
0.92*** (0.160)
0.33** (0.137)
1.48*** (0.148)
0.51*** (0.160)
Constant
2.86*** (0.050)
3.00*** (0.050)
1.94*** (0.048)
2.77*** (0.066)
594 0.084
750 0.013
973 0.121
473 0.065
Chittagong
Number of observations R-squared
Source: Analysis based on data from Garment Firm Survey 2011. Note: EPZ = export processing zone. Figures in parentheses are standard deviations. City refers to the city corporation Significance level: * = 10 percent, ** = 5 percent, *** = 1 percent.
Table B.4 Accessibility: Location Performance Relative to Dhaka City Access to the port
Access to the airport
Access to the highway
Low traffic congestion
Urban peri-urban areas of metropolitan Dhaka
0.01 (0.084)
–0.12 (0.080)
0.15** (0.072)
0.36*** (0.085)
Rural peri-urban areas of metropolitan Dhaka
–0.08 (0.076)
–0.10 (0.073)
0.15** (0.065)
0.42*** (0.076)
EPZ
–0.33** (0.159)
0.07 (0.166)
0.31** (0.139)
0.50*** (0.184)
City
1.27*** (0.079)
0.17** (0.076)
0.33*** (0.071)
0.93*** (0.087)
EPZ
1.59*** (0.140)
0.48*** (0.130)
0.60*** (0.124)
1.44*** (0.157)
Constant
2.26*** (0.051)
3.02*** (0.048)
2.79*** (0.044)
2.00*** (0.051)
853 0.359
781 0.038
888 0.042
899 0.160
Location Dhaka
Chittagong
Number of observations R-squared
Source: Analysis based on data from Garment Firm Survey 2011. Note: EPZ = export processing zone. Figures in parentheses are standard deviations. City refers to the city corporation Significance level: * =10 percent, ** = 5 percent, *** = 1 percent.
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