Strategic Advantages

Advantages from a Strategic Perspective

From a strategic standpoint, Bangladesh offers quite many advantages.

Economic growth rates rose steadily, and for the four years before the current pandemic, Bangladesh's economy soared by 7 to 8 percent per year, according to the World Bank. That was faster than China's.

Views of International Community

Things have moved. Bangladesh now has an average growth rate of 8% – well above the Asian average, Asian Development Bank figures show.

Bangladesh has two out of five women of working age in the labor force, double India’s 21% participation rate.

Bangladesh economy sustains strong growth in FY19 led by rising exports and record remittances.

Bangladesh is becoming South Asia’s economic bull case — country’s exports have boomed over the past decade.

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