![]() "Bangladesh also grows enough food now to feed its 167 million people. The Asian Development Bank said that despite the hit from the pandemic, the Bangladeshi economy is recovering fast. Over 80% of the population were living in extreme poverty Image: AP/picture alliance Making strides in growth and developmentīefore the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the economy was growing rapidly, recording an annual expansion in the range of 8% for years. In 1971, Bangladesh's economy was in tatters, a result of the bloody liberation war. Many children also died," the expert added. ![]() Many people became sick, and many died in their 40s and 50s due to diseases that could have been prevented if they had good nutrition. Health and education services hardly existed. "Severe poverty meant many people lacked enough food. "If you have five or six people in your household and you come home with just one and a half kilograms of rice, you can hardly feed the entire family," Jansen said. It meant they could buy at least 10-15 kilograms of rice with their daily wages," Jansen told DW.įrom 1976 to 1980, he lived with several impoverished families in a village in Manikganj District. Jansen said, however, that when he returned to a Bangladeshi village in 2009 after a gap of nearly three and a half decades, he was surprised to see the remarkable improvement in socioeconomic development and people's income levels. He added that the South Asian country was viewed as "the test case" of development. In the 1970s, it was argued that "if development is possible in Bangladesh, it is possible in any other country," Mustafizur Rahman, an economist at Bangladesh's Center for Policy Dialogue, told DW. The holiday commemorates the victory of the Bangladesh forces over Pakistani forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War on December 16, 1971. Now, as Bangladesh country celebrates its 50th Victory Day, the situation appears to have dramatically changed for the better. ![]() In the following years, the country struggled with military coups, political turmoil, poverty and famine. ![]() When Pakistani forces laid down arms in Bangladesh's bloody liberation war, the newly-independent South Asian nation's economy was in tatters. Over 80% of the population were living in extreme poverty. ![]()
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