Bangladesh

Population: 153.5 mn.
GDP: 2.0 bn.
Debt: 1.2 bn
Overview: The caretaker military government led by Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed will lift the state of emergency on 11 December to allow campaigning ahead of parliamentary elections on 29 December. Up to 2,500 candidates will contest for places in the 300-seat parliament.

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  • Vol 4 No 8
  •  June 2011

Spinning and sowing

Bangladeshi companies will be the next Asian businesses scouring African countries in pursuit of land. With a growing population, rapidly disappearing arable land and rising food prices, the Dhaka government’s new push for food security led to the creatio...

  • Vol 1 No 2
  •  December 2007

Muhammad Yunus

Managing Director, Grameen Bank

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