BANGLADESH: A STORY OF RESILIENT GROWTH
May 1st, 2013
Bangladesh, once derided as a “basket case” by Henry Kissinger, is now on par with other emerging Asian economies and developing rapidly.*It has 150 million people, and 15 million people left poverty [SAYS WHO?] between 2000 and 2010. The country has 150 million people, and the World Bank says 15 million people left poverty between 2000 and 2010. *Spurred by economic reform in the early 1990s, Bangladesh’s GDP increased on average by 6% annually [SAYS WHO?] over the past decade, estimates Citi Research Economics in a March report. Since 2000, rating ...
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