7.5 pc GDP possible if infrastructural dev ensured
Wednesday, 10 October 2007
Our Correspondent
CHITTAGONG, Oct 09: Infrastructural development in establishing industries if ensured and environment friendly atmosphere created by retaining the qualitative standard of the products then it would not be difficult for the GDP of Bangladesh to increased to seven and a half percent.
Country Director of the World Bank (WB) Jian Jhu said this while visiting Chittagog Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) yesterday.
Bangladesh would turn into a country of middle income earning country by the next 10 years if the on-going momentum of economic progress continues.
On arrival of the WB country Director the CEPZ, Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) Member (Finance) AKM Mahbubur Rahman greeted him and informed him of the programmes of eight EPZs located at different places of country.
BEPZA Member said, year wise income and volume of export is being increasing annually. So far entrepreneurs of 30 countries have established 264 industrial units at the different EPZs in the country.
Country Director visited the CEPZ based Korean owned Youngone Sports Shoe Industries, Japaness owned OP Seed Co Industries, Chinese Zim factory and Danish Plus Limited.
CHITTAGONG, Oct 09: Infrastructural development in establishing industries if ensured and environment friendly atmosphere created by retaining the qualitative standard of the products then it would not be difficult for the GDP of Bangladesh to increased to seven and a half percent.
Country Director of the World Bank (WB) Jian Jhu said this while visiting Chittagog Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) yesterday.
Bangladesh would turn into a country of middle income earning country by the next 10 years if the on-going momentum of economic progress continues.
On arrival of the WB country Director the CEPZ, Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) Member (Finance) AKM Mahbubur Rahman greeted him and informed him of the programmes of eight EPZs located at different places of country.
BEPZA Member said, year wise income and volume of export is being increasing annually. So far entrepreneurs of 30 countries have established 264 industrial units at the different EPZs in the country.
Country Director visited the CEPZ based Korean owned Youngone Sports Shoe Industries, Japaness owned OP Seed Co Industries, Chinese Zim factory and Danish Plus Limited.