Causes of poverty in Bangladesh

Khan Kabir from the USA has rightly pointed out that if all of us had contributed 2.5% of share of wealth poverty would have gone by this day. To add a few more words, I would say though 2.5% is an essential point unless real wealth is generated the look of Bangladesh would not change. Bangladesh poverty is not like Africa's. People in Bangladesh are much different attitude-wise and efficient in terms of per capita GNI and Land.

Historically, it has been a place of progressive and peace loving people, (Shayesta Khan). Some could see Alexander the Great's pause of journey along the border of this region lightly. Let me put the history in right perspective. He came up to this region to see these peace-loving progressive minded people; he saw, he admired and he returned.

This region always had its own identity for a very definite reason because adventurous progressive minded people always had flocked together here. Bangladesh should forget its Sanskrit based history. This region should go back to its actual root of mixed people coming from Modern China; Ancient Aracan; Modern Iran, Afghanistan and the Middle East in general; not to mention the Portuguese, English and perhaps Polish.

Avoid too much of concentration of flat based micro credit.

Concentrate on domestic demand of people (more than 150 million). Concentrate on domestic technology and convert domestic technologies into commercial innovations. Import strategy should be only based on technology and knowledge or on know-how.

Eliminate manual work and convert manual work to processes.

Redefine town mapping and maintain strict town plans. If necessary gradually demolish establishment and recreate it in a well planned way.

Housing sector should be taken over from mass people. Public and private sector should be designing and building healthy and hygienic housing areas including houses in every part, especially in rural areas so that all houses look alike to have greater control over town and country structure and landscape.

We should maintain a higher standard for expatriates coming to work within the economy.

Expatriate managers or professionals have to be preferably from either developed countries or from Iran and the Middle East, Pakistan, India and China-- the countries which have a common history.

Accordingly, we should withdraw all imported cheap text books with textual contents only.

Regional quota system, which has been sidelining talents within the country, should be abolished without delay.

We have to have a multi-language strategy--English and Bengali as first official languages with due importance to German, French and Arabic.

Concentration on domestic demand would allow maintaining a higher value currency strategy. Bangladesh needs a strong currency and inward looking economy with micro-educations (not micro credit) and large-scale businesses.

Finally, Bangladesh should redefine the meaning of its green and red colours. Green for the world and red for the love of the world i.e. love for the green world. This will definitely have a psychological effect on people.