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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Bangladesh is in a nascent stage of economic development. Development does not take

place overnight. It is a gradual process. Foresight and careful planning are required to

achieve the desired pace of economic growth. To achieve that end we need to identify the

sectors in the economy which contribute substantially to the national GDP, and takemeasured to further enhance their contribution. Population has a great influence on

economic development. Skilled population accelerate the economic growth of a country

effectively. So vital question of economic development is skilled manpower. InBangladesh, A large number of population is there, But unfotunately, most of them people

are not skilled in any kind of technical knowledge and skillness which is help to increase or

accelerate the economic growth. Now, Our government try to creat skilled manpower fromthose large number of population and they also provide various scope for them. For this

purposes, the government has taken various program. The sixth in the series of Bangladesh

Human Development Reports (HDRs) issued since 1992 by UNDP Dhaka. These reports,

which build on the global HDRs produced annually by UNDP in New York, show how the

concepts and principles of sustainable human development apply in the specific context ofBangladesh.

All the HDRs, global and national, use the human development index (HDI) a composite

yardstick of achievement that incorporates three essential elements of human life:

longevity, education, and standard of living. The HDI allows comparisons of levels ofhuman development within and between countries comparisons more meaningful and

productive than those based on income alone. The 1997 global HDR put Bangladesh at

number 144 in the world ranking.

This report focuses on Bangladeshs HDI. All calculations presented in there was prepared

by BIDS. First, it estimates changes in the national HDI over the past two years. Than itlooks more closely to see how the HDI varies among different sections of society disaggregating it according to income group, gender and location.

Bangladeshs Human Development Index

Before discussing changes in the HDI it should be noted that there is a distinction between

the year in which the report is published and the year to which the data correspond. GlobalHDRs operate with a three-year time lag so the 1997 report used 1994 data. The

Bangladesh HDR can be more responsive. Even so, the lag may still be two years or more.

Thus the 1996 Bangladseh HDR used 1994 data, the present report uses data for 1995.

The 1997 global HDR showed Bangladesh making some progress. It estimated that

between 1993 and 1994 Bangladeshs HDI increased from 0.365 to 0.368. One dis turbing

trend concerns Bangladeshs relative position in the rankings for HDI and for GDP. Overthe past four or five years Bangladeshs progress in juman development seems to have

lagged behind its progress in gross domestic product, suggesting that growth has not

commensurately benefited the poorest sections of society.

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For 1994, further data have now become available allowing for a more accurate estimate of

the HDI. These suggest that the HDI for that year was 0.400 8.7 percent higher thanestimated in the 1997 global HDR. This Bangladesh HDR also calculates the HDI for 1995

estimating it at 0.392. The decline since 1994 is largely the result of relatively low scores

on adult literacy. Since the data sources for the two years are not strictly comparable,however, there may be reservation about the significance of this change.

Human Development Challenges for Bangladesh

There seems to be a growing consensus that, if the HDI is to rise significantly and

Bangladesh is to make real progress in fighting poverty it will need double-digit growth

sustained for 10 to 15 years. And the benefits of this growth will have to be directed towardthe poor. For fulfil this purposes the following things are considered heardly and carefully

and try to impliment properly following this things :

Economic Growth and Income Education

Health Poverty Gender Issues, etc.

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