Bangladesh's Eighth Five Year Plan (2021-25): Development Strategy and Interests of the 'Left Behind'

1. Seventh Five Year Plan - A Period of Achievements ▸ Transition from LIC to LMIC (2015) Meeting LDC criteria (2018) ▸ Significant achievements recorded during last five years (2015- 2020) More than 1 crore people were pulled out of poverty Robust economic growth Macroeconomic stability: low inflation, stable exchange rate Life expectancy at birth increased by one year Literacy rate (aged 15 and above) improved by 10% Rice production increased by 12% ▸ Energy production increased by 41% Remittance earning increased by 20% Share of manufacturing in GDP increased from 30.4% to 35.4%; o/w Manufacturing from 20.2% to 24.2% ▸ Improvement in Gender Gap Index Relative success in COVID management Deb. Bhattacharya: Development Strategy and the Left Behind

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