BANGLADESH
PROBLEMS HISTORY CHANGES IN 5 YEARS INDEX PROBLEMS HISTORY CHANGES IN 5 YEARS
HISTORY After the demise of British Empire in 1947, Bangladesh was partitioned as a province of West Pakistan with being renamed as East Pakistan. Dhaka was declared as its capital. Despite of adequate resources and demographic weight of East Pakistan, the entire Pakistan’s government and military was largely dominated by the upper classes from the west. The government of Pakistan — dominated largely by the west — declared Urdu as the only official language of the entire Pakistan which triggered a massive dissatisfaction among the people of the east.
Displeasure on the west in the issues of economic and cultural domination resulted into the emergence of Awami League as the strongest political voice of East Pakistan. In his historic speech before hundred thousands of people at the Suhrawardy Udyan on March 7, 1971, the president of Awami League and the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, called upon all the people of East Pakistan to launch a decisive struggle against the Pakistani occupation and take a all-out preparation for the War of Liberation. On December 1971, Bangladesh won the Liberation War that continued for nine months.
PROBLEMS POVERTY CHILD LABOR MALNUTRITION
POVERTY The core of the problem with poverty in Bangladesh remains the way the society is organized. To be more specific, the society is organized in classes so that an elite class dominates the others and exploits them. Most of what is produced goes directly into the hands of this elite and the harvest from agriculture itself is far from miraculous: the whole infrastructure and techniques are far too underdeveloped. Extreme poverty in Bangladesh is such a problem that any minor change in food prices or weather (storm) can threaten the lives of millions of people. Poverty rate chart
MALNUTRITION Malnutrition in Bangladesh remains a severe problem, especially for women and children. The two main problems for malnutrition is poverty and food insecurity. These two problems limit one’s ability to live on a diet that provides all the nutrients necessary for healthy living, leading to malnutrition. People of Bangladesh suffer from high levels of food insecurity. The underlying causes of malnutrition include the inability of households to grow and/or purchase sufficient food for their needs; poor maternal and child-care practices, including inadequate breastfeeding and complementary feeding for infants and young children and inadequate provision of food for adolescent girls and pregnant and lactating women. The recently released Global Food Security Index (GFSI) ranked Bangladesh 88th out of 109 countries and reported that Bangladesh’s decline in food security was the ninth fastest in the world. Malnutrition chart
CHILD LABOR AND EDUCATION In Bangladesh child labor is a major problem. According to the new National Education Policy, education is free and compulsory up to grade eight, however it is estimated that more than one million children have never been to school. Many children drop out of the education system before completing primary school and begin working. Most working children cite an inability to bear educational expenses as the main reason for not attending school because there are many indirect costs such as transport and uniforms. Limitations within the education system such as poor teaching quality and a high teacher-student ratio may also discourage children from completing school.
CHANGES IN 5 YEARS Bangladesh has changed a lot in 5 years in monetary policy because of the GDP and population growth.