OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTING IN

TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE & TRADE LOGISTICS

Salahuddin Kasem Khan

Managing Director & CEOA.K. Khan & Company Ltd.

President, Bangladesh Employers’ Federation

Economic Centre of Gravity

LSE

The World in Transition

Large Economies GDP Growth - 2015

Source: World Bank

Workforce

Logistics Performance Index

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

Multimodal Transport

Ports

Inland

Waterways

Road

Rail

Air

BANGLADESH WILL PROVIDE MARKET ACCESS TO NORTH EASTERN STATES OF INDIAN, NEPAL,

MYANMAR AND SOUTHERN CHINA IN THE LONG RUN

India

North Eastern

States of INDIA CHINA

Bangladesh – Gateway to South Asia

Additional Recommendations

• Upgrading of workforce

• Investments in logistics information systems

• Partnerships with experienced transport & logistics players

• New modes of transport such as container barges

• Unified Bangladesh Industrial Development Authority

Inter-ministerial & Agency Coordination

Ministry of Shipping

Ministry of Aviation

& Tourism

Ministry of Roads,

Transport & Bridges