[lbo-talk] Bangladesh shows the way

uvj at vsnl.com uvj at vsnl.com
Mon Sep 27 08:47:26 PDT 2004


Michael Perelman:


> Is this because India fell behind

There aren't many areas in which India has witnessed regression in last 55 years, except for ecological degradation, spread of AIDS and corruption and growth of BJP like forces in politics.


>or Bang. forged ahead?

Bangladesh has forged ahead according to Dreze. UNDP Human Development Report for 2004 shows India ahead of Bangladesh. I don't know the source Dreze is using.

Ulhas



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