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

2. Faultlines of the Recent Development ་ Experience F. Differential performance in Health Nutritional Attainment is significantly low About 5.5 million children under 5 years (36 percent) are suffering from chronic malnutrition (stunting or low height-for-age) and 14 percent are acutely malnourished (wasting or low weight-for-height). Deprivation is more acute in the bottom 20% The prevalence of stunting is 2.4 times higher for the lower wealth group (40%) compared with the richest group (17%) (BDHS 2018). Child Mortality Rate is still very high Under-five mortality rate is nearly double in the bottom 20% household compared to the top 20%. (MICS 2019) Deb. Bhattacharya: Development Strategy and the Left Behind 13

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