Investor Presentaiton

1. Background Rationale of the Study in the context of Bangladesh Similar to the global trend, Bangladesh's urban areas have continued to increase and become rampantly inhabited (currently, Tokyo the largest city has 37 mln inhabitants, Dhaka nearly 20 mln) Bangladesh is set to become more urbanised during the SDG period (2016-2030) and urban population to cross the rural around 2037 (Figure 1) Two ways of expansion: urban areas expanded and rural declared urban One of the regretful features of the so called 'middle income trap' is unplanned urbanisation Figure 1: Annual rural and urban population at mid-year, 1950-2050 (thousands) in Bangladesh 140 000 120 000 100 000 Rural 80 000 60 000 40 000 20 000 0 1950 1954 1958 1962 Urban 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030 2034 2038 2042 2046 2050 Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). 6

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