Distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya on Tuesday said the last one decade has been an economically promising as well as a successful decade for Bangladesh.
He said during that period, Bangladesh had turned into a lower midlle-income country from a lower income country, reached in the path for graduating from the Least developed countries (LDCs) to a developing country, advanced in implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while life expectancy, agricultural production, literacy rate, per capita export and inward remittance have increased, reports BSS.
The renowned economist came up such observations at the "ERF Dialogue" organised by the Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) in the capital with its President Sharmeen Rinvy in the chair.
Dr Debapriya said it has to be acknowledged that the period of last 13 years was an enriched period both economically and socially for Bangladesh.
He opined that the country needs to address four important economic issues prudently-- not getting adequate investment in the private sector, weakness in revenue generation, lack of necessary investment in education and health sectors and discrimination in the social safety net programmes.
The also said that the economy of Bangladesh is not in any crisis but is under pressure.
ERF General Secretary SM Rashidul Islam moderated the programme.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul
