Nathan Associates identified constraints and opportunities for USAID/Bangladesh programming during a three-week field study in the following areas: macroeconomics and trade, financial sector, private sector, and economic governance. The field assessment followed a desk study provided to the mission through the Country Analytic Support (CAS) project implemented by Nathan Associates. The impetus for this work was to provide USAID/Bangladesh’s Economic Growth office guidance on programmatic areas to consider during development of its five-year strategy for 2011–2015.