Bangladesh More and Better Jobs to Accelerate Shared Growth and End Extreme Poverty
Situated in a fertile low-lying river delta, Bangladesh combines high vulnerability to floods, tropical cyclones, earthquakes, and climate change with one of the world's highest population densities, with around 159 million people living in less than 150,000 sq. km. With the world's second...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C
The World Bank
2015
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| Series: | Systematic Country Diagnostics
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| Collection: | World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Situated in a fertile low-lying river delta, Bangladesh combines high vulnerability to floods, tropical cyclones, earthquakes, and climate change with one of the world's highest population densities, with around 159 million people living in less than 150,000 sq. km. With the world's second lowest per capita income in 1975, it was labeled 'the test case for development' in view of the formidable development challenges it faced. Nevertheless, Bangladesh has proven to be remarkably resilient, developing well beyond initial expectations, and has made very good progress with poverty reduction. GNI per capita has grown from around US |
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