Investing in Infrastructure

Investing in Infrastructure

In order to keep growing, Bangladesh needs to spend as high as $10 billion a year until 2020 to bring its power grids, roads and water supplies up to the standard needed to serve its growing population, according to the World Bank. The National Budget for FY2014-15 allocated $4.5 billion to infrastructure expansion (equal to 14.4% of total budget). 

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Sources:
www.facebook.com/bangladeshinnumbers
www.thedailystar.net/business/bangladesh-needs-100b-in-10-years-for-infrastructure-wb-18456
www.thedailystar.net/upload/ads/Budget-2014-2015.pdf

One Hartal Day...

One Hartal Day...

Every Hartal or Blockade hits the bottom of the pyramid hard, as the ones who earn their daily bread through daily labour and income lose their ability to make a living. Transport workers are affected in a major way.

Corrigendum:
The poverty % in this infographic is wrong. Bangladesh in Numbers sincerely apologizes for the error. As of 2013, the % of people under the poverty line of US$2 per day is 26%. Thanks to Ms. Nabila Rahman for pointing out the error.
http://world.time.com/2013/07/18/after-much-heartbreak-some-good-news-at-last-for-bangladesh/

Sources:
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/poultry-sector-on-verge-of-destruction/
www.cuts-citee.org/pdf/wp08-06.pdf
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/2-lakh-milkmen-in-a-quagmire/
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/transport-workers-in-trouble/
www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2013/11/28/6199
www.ruraldevelopment.info/Pages/BangladeshAgribusiness.aspx
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/a-country-of-hartals/
www.un-bd.org/pub/unpubs/Beyond%20Hartals.pdf
www.cpd.org.bd/downloads/Bangladesh2013.pdf