Bangladesh has made significant socioeconomic gains with a steady rise in its gross domestic product, boost in social development, and meeting the Millennium Development Goal of halving the incidence of poverty in 1990-2015.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been a key partner contributing to economic development and reforms in Bangladesh, particularly in the energy, transport, and education sectors.

Bangladesh reached lower-middle-income status in July 2015, on the strength of an annual economic growth rate of 6 percent and above during FY11 to FY15. Growth was fuelled mainly by a rise in readymade garment exports, overseas workers’ remittances, and domestic consumption.

About the future challenges and goals, ADB said Bangladesh still faces challenges in creating enough productive jobs to reduce poverty and unlock the country's development potential. 

Under the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) 2016-2020, ADB will finance priority investments in energy, transport, and urban infrastructure and in human capital development to diversify the economy and release long-term growth potential. CPS 2016-2020 will also help to speed up private sector development, develop capacity and improve governance, deepen regional cooperation and integration, and promote gender equality for inclusive growth.

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Our services in Bangladesh include exhibitions, direct marketing services, consultancy (customised research and in-depth advisory & market scoping, partnership brokering), education market reports and data tools (Country Brief, Student Insight, data mining & interactive tools), market overviews, face to face market briefings, market news highlights & education opportunities and agent training. 

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ADB lauds Bangladesh success in socioeconomic development

ADB lauds BD success in socioeconomic dev

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