· Largest Democracy
· Continuous GDP growth of 5%-7%
· Stable currency and no major fluctuations over the last three years
· Resilient high growth economy led by strong exports
· Bangladesh has always fulfilled its debt obligations
· Both JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs have included Bangladesh among their shortlists of “transitional states likely to succeed.
· Standard & Poor's (S&P’s)
· Moody’s Investors Service: Ba3
· Country of young population, 77% born after 1971 – the year of great liberation war!
· Large labor force that is increasingly better skilled
· More than 3 times increase in literacy rate in last 3 decades
· Majority of the young are computer literate and speak in English wel
· Moderate Muslim country – tolerance, harmony, co-existence
· Global leader of micro finance, land of social entrepreneurship/social business and micro finance innovation
