Development: Where Do We Stand?

Azad, Abul Kalam (2015): Development: Where Do We Stand? Published in: The Financial Express (19 December 2015): pp. 1-5.

Abstract

Bangladesh has achieved the status of a 'lower middle-income' country 44 years after emerging as a sovereign state. Along the way, it achieved some successes in improving several development indicators such as life expectancy, primary school enrolment, infant mortality rate, maternal mortality, etc. But how remarkable are these achievements in relation to the attainments of other countries?

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Development, Bangladesh, SAARC
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O10 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O15 - Human Resources ; Human Development ; Income Distribution ; Migration; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O23 - Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development

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