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

2. Faultlines of the Recent Development Experience 2.2 Structural Transformation Share of Agriculture sector declined from 16.3% to 13.3% in GDP Share of Services sector declined from 53.6% to 51.3% in GDP The decline in the two sectors was picked up by increasing share of Industry sector (30.4% to 35.4%), driven primarily by large and medium manufacturing sector. ▸ The marginal contribution of small scale manufacturing highlights the challenge of lack of diversification and lower access of small enterprises to policy inputs and incentives. Source: BBS and 7FYP Deb. Bhattacharya: Development Strategy and the Left Behind 7

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