Huge portion of population swept by devastating flood in each year Weak Private Sector Widely perceived as having corrupt and dysfunctional government What We Visualize. Bangladesh is better performer than most countries at improving the basic standard of living of its people
Bangladeshis can expect to live four years longer than Indians even though they are much poorer
Bangladesh has achieved some of the largest reductions in early deaths of infants, children and women in childbirth ever seen anywhere. But surprisingly. So that is the puzzle.
Bangladesh combines economic disappointment with social progress
As per The Economist Four Factors Improving the status of women Boosting incomes in the country Maintaining basic social spending Public spending by non-government organizations Improving the Status of Women Big family- planning programme Reduced fertility but raised the status of women in the family as they started to control the size of the family Boom in the textile sector Leading to the financial independence of the women as 80% of the workers were women Boosting Incomes in the Country Green Revolution Country could grow two crops a year Remittance Around 6 million Bangladeshis work abroad, mostly in the Gulf Maintaining Basic Social Spending Education Mandatory primary education Reduction of dropout Stipend schemes for girls in rural areas Poverty Alleviation Social Safety Net programme Ashrayan-2 Ekti Bari, Ekti Khamar Health Reduction of child and infant mortality rate Control of diarrhea Supplementation of Vitamin-A Public Spending by NGOs Microcredit Reached to 43% of all Bangladeshi households and about 70% of poor households Education About 1.5 million children, approximately 8% of the primary enrollment, are in schools run by NGOs Sanitation Cure rate averaged 85%in the tuberculosis program and malnutrition rated dropped by about 20% among the poor Greater social achievements of Bangladesh than the economic ones doesnt mean economic growth is pointless
Though Bangladesh shows that its not needed to wait for lots of growth, it might have done even better had its economy grown faster
Bangladesh falls behind by most of the standards, but these positive phenomenon has started to draw attention of the outsiders and its high time to say Bangladesh.Out of the Basket Way Forward