Bangladesh’s economic miracle is in jeopardy
Corrupt politics has become a bigger threat to the country than poverty
SQUEEZED ON three sides by India and on the fourth by the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, the world’s eighth-most populous country, is both a much-praised model of development and a significant regional economy. Since a brutal war of independence from Pakistan in 1971, it has made remarkable social and economic progress.
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This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Trials of a development superstar”
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