the case of bangladesh is important because it highlights the role of supportive technological innovation investment and rural infrastructure policies in promoting rural nonfarm employment and diversification however a lack of investment in public goods especially in remote rural areas high barriers of entry for the poor or vulnerable groups to various dynamic rnf markets high transaction costs for access to existing markets and a general asymmetry of market information may limit this potential the services sector has accounted for a greater share of the ldc labour force over time and that share is probably underreported since much of the sector is composed of informal activities