Once known for massive floods, cyclones, political violence, economic degradation, destination of foreign donation is on the way to be known as a self-sufficient country in food, a country which is efficient in disaster management and as a country that is economically vibrant. In the past 20 years, Bangladesh showed efficiency and improvement in growth of exports, literacy ratio, infrastructure development, infant and child mortality rates, poverty alleviation and women empowerment. Bangladesh in fact showed it is possible for a country to rise from extreme poverty to achieve lower middle-income status within 50 years of independence. Life expectancy, literacy rates and per capita food production have increased significantly. Within South Asia, the country improved its position ahead the rest in a number of these indicators. Stepping ahead from self-sufficiency, Bangladesh is the fourth-largest rice producer in the world, second-largest in jute, fifth-largest in vegetable producti...
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