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The Butterfly Effect of Small Changes

Lessons from Bangladesh and beyondMohd Anisul Karim

The Asian Enigma:

Half the world’s malnourished

population reside in these 3

countries.

The Other Asian Enigma:

Bangladesh recorded one of the

fastest prolonged reductions in child

underweight and stunting

prevalence in recorded history.

Girls out number boys in secondary school education

F.S.S.S.P.

Female Education and Life Expectancy

The Lancet 2013; 382:1734-1745

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Ref: Derek Headey and John Hoddinott. IFPRI 2014 [unpublished]

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Bangladesh is a country without hope, a basket case.case.

- Henry Kissinger

“That said, the most important of the country’s achievements can serve as a model for others. Bangladesh shows what happens if you take women seriously as agents development.”

“Bangladesh has made enormous health advances and now has the longest life expectancy, lowest fertility rate and lowest infant lowest infant and under-5 mortality rates in in South Asia despite spending less on health care than several neighboring countries.”

A Mushtaque R Chowdhury, Abbas Bhuiya et al. The Bangladesh paradox: exceptional health achievement despite economic poverty. The Lancet, Volume 382, Issue 9906, Pages 1734 - 1745, 23 November 2013

“The unlocking of the power of women’s active role in the the society and the economy has been an extremely productive move for Bangladesh despite having half the per capita income of India.

-The Guardian 2013 quoting Amartya

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