Bangladesh is cheap!

Anyone coming to Bangladesh from North America or Western Europe will find Bangladesh to be cheap. Bangladesh's per capita GDP is only about $ 450 and 50% of the population live on less than $ 2 dollars per day and 30% less than $ 1 dollar per day. (One half of the world's population of 6 billion live on less than $ 2 dollars per day)

Average people of Bangladesh do not find life cheap or easy and this is one reason hundreds of thousands of people flock to Dhaka to drive rickshaws, to work as day labourers or work in garment factories. Also, millions of desperate people have gone to other countries to work as common labourers selling their meagre land holdings just to survive or to better their economic condition. Life for these people is not easy either in Bangladesh or the countries where they are migrant workers.

I know that Dr. Fakhruddin knows at least one well known and highly respected economist in Dhaka. He should ask him if life for the average citizen is cheap or expensive.

This letter is not a criticism Dr. Fakhruddin. Average people look at the rest of the world from their own vantage point and believe what they see and what happens to them is important, even if no one else does.