Passport Index: Bangladesh ranks 101st as pandemic pushes Japan to the top

[DalalErMaNodi]

It's all been discussed to death man....dont wanna get into all of it again.

I dont think anything is "irrefutable and indisputable fact."... given the regions sheer low levels of development, major inconsistencies and varying level of quality in institutions for measuring all this in first place....and all the various contexts we can all bicker as to who missed what bus from before....because of wars, conflicts, tensions, un-needed spending, bad govts and corruption.

BD and India have overall done better than Pakistan on most socio-economic indicators (governing health, reproduction, education) by some amount since a lot of this can be 3rd party vetted in large-scale data ways (census, population pyramids, population growth, school enrolment etc), lets leave it at that for those.

But India and BD have huge way to go on these too.....infant mortality must reduce to near 10 per 1000 as quick as possible....and Life expectancy must go to 75 and surpass that as quick as possible, full schooling expectancy must reach towards 15 years and more ASAP....etc etc

But I would need to see more evidence of BD development in purely economic realm in 3rd party way too (without BAL interfering). The light output of its cities (from space) is not well correlated with its GDP for example. BD needs to develop broader better institutions and broader better corporate networks in more sectors....but thats not getting attention it deserves either from BAL it seems.....as it introduces a necessary element in competition politically over time.

In due time buddy, don't know about you but we are a patient lot, most anyway.

Besides, my post was directed at bluesky who is our resident cynic and pessimist on this section, he opined we're worse off than Pakistan, which is false.


He sometimes gets carried away by his hatred for Hasina and Awami League.

Bangladedh is developing from 1990s. From early 2000 it got momentum as gdp growth crossed 6% and by 2006-7 it went upto 6.7%. So it’s not fully true Bangladesh started developing from 2009.

It's not about growth rates only, school enrolments skyrocketed under BAL.

 

[Nilgiri]

Besides, my post was directed at bluesky who is our resident cynic and pessimist on this section, he opined we're worse off than Pakistan, which is false.

I agree....his heart is coming from the right place....but he worries too much and bickers too much about it.

Bangladesh overall is doing great and will do even better this decade. There are certain investments in pipeline (in lot of good production sectors) that will come online in big way once the corona pandemic uncertainty is over.

 

[Black_cats]

In due time buddy, don't know about you but we are a patient lot, most anyway.

Besides, my post was directed at bluesky who is our resident cynic and pessimist on this section, he opined we're worse off than Pakistan, which is false.


He sometimes gets carried away by his hatred for Hasina and Awami League.




It's not about growth rates only, school enrolments skyrocketed under BAL.

School enrollment started to increase from 1990s as well when Khaleda Zia government introduced free education, free meal and other initiatives specially for females.

By 2005-2006 enrollment rate increased to 93-94%. Under Hasina Government it increased further to 98-99%. But quality of education still is a big question mark.

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.NENR?locations=BD

 

[RealNapster]

But oh when they come back home to visit, they exude attitude, haam London mein rehte hai, bohot kuch ukhaad liya hamne, what they don't tell you is that they sweep streets in London

Am i the only one who read it with an accent?
@Zibago

 

[bluesky]

Human development is higher in BD then in Pakistan and India.

This is an irrefutable and indisputable fact.

HDI is not the only measurement standard. It can also be fabricated at the wish of a govt. For example, Indian engineers built Farakka Barrage and many thousand similar structures by themselves. Which yardstick do you want to use when Holland is building our new islands by landfilling, China building a bridge, Korea built a bridge and so on all when BD has a high HDI.

So, the BD data are not compatible with the reality on ground.

 

[Uguduwa]

Are you bragging about being 101st?

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

HDI is not the only measurement standard. It can also be fabricated at the wish of a govt. For example, Indian engineers built Farakka Barrage and many thousand similar structures by themselves. Which yardstick do you want to use when Holland is building our new islands by landfilling, China building a bridge, Korea built a bridge and so on all when BD has a high HDI.

So, the BD data are not compatible with the reality on ground.

I was not even referring to HDI.

 

[bluesky]

It's not about growth rates only, school enrolments skyrocketed under BAL.

BAL has nothing special to do with school enrollments. It has always been improving since 1947 when enrollment for Muslim kids was less than 1%. I think 1947 is/was not out of Calendar.

For girls' enrollment we must thank Begum Rokeya (1880-1932) and Begum Zia. BAL/Hasina did not deviate from Khaleda's path. It means, the same good BNP policy is continuing for girls's education when BAL is in power.