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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-11 03:50 PM
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Tea Party and Freeper paradise = Bangladesh
Edited on Wed Mar-02-11 03:53 PM by steve2470


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Obstacles to growth include frequent cyclones and floods, inefficient state-owned enterprises, mismanaged port facilities, a growth in the labour force that has outpaced jobs, inefficient use of energy resources (such as natural gas), insufficient power supplies, slow implementation of economic reforms, political infighting and corruption. According to the World Bank, "among Bangladesh’s most significant obstacles to growth are poor governance and weak public institutions."<9> Despite these hurdles, the country has achieved an average annual growth rate of 5% since 1990, according to the World Bank.

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Bangladesh has seen a dramatic increase in foreign direct investment. A number of multinational corporations and local big business houses such as Beximco, Square, Akij Group, Ispahani, Navana Group, Transcom Group, Habib Group, KDS Group, Dragon Group and multinationals such as Unocal Corporation and Chevron, have made major investments, with the natural gas sector being a priority. In December 2005, the Central Bank of Bangladesh projected GDP growth around 6.5%.<77> In order to enhance economic growth, the government set up several export processing zones to attract foreign investment. These are managed by the Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh#Economy

Learning Bengali would be an annoyance, though. /sarcasm off

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LeftinOH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-11 03:52 PM
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1. Unchecked population growth; limited birth-control services (if any) n/t
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Hannah Bell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-11 04:04 PM
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4. bangladesh total fertility rate = 2.3 births/woman. about the same as the US.
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-11 04:02 PM
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2. I invite all US Freepers and Teabaggers to move there as soon
as possible. I'll even help take up a collection to buy them one-way tickets.
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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-11 04:03 PM
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3. you got a smile from me with that :) nt
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