Name: Barkat-e-Khuda
Country: India

Year: 2016
Volume: Volume-1, Issue-1 (January-June)
Page Number: 32-64

Development is a complex issue. Economists generally interpret it in terms of improvement in economic condition of the people. However, in a broader context, development includes social and human development as well. Social development is about putting people at the centre of development. That is, development processes need to benefit people across all strata of the society. It implies that everyone has equal access to society’s goods such as health and education as well as equal opportunities to decent jobs.
The objective of this paper is to examine the different aspects of development in Bangladesh; and assess how inclusive these are. The paper is divided into seven sections. Sections 1-6 each deals with a particular aspect of development in the country. Section 7 puts forward concluding remarks and makes a number of recommendations to address how development in Bangladesh could be made more inclusive in the future.