Large portion of it is inflation based as well:
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD?locations=BD
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?locations=BD
1093 vs 1516
A full 28% of nominal GDP (in USD) at this low base is inflation.
This is what happens when energy consumption stagnates (2015 - 2017):
https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/b...l-review/bp-stats-review-2018-full-report.pdf
Market cap falls this early itself:
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.LCAP.CD?locations=BD
Real household income decline this early:
https://opinion.bdnews24.com/2017/12/18/where-did-the-benefits-of-economic-growth-disappear/
Exports struggling to grow as low base effect wears off (even with 0 tariff access to so many markets because of LDC):
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.EXP.GNFS.CD?locations=BD
Forex stagnancy trend 2015 onwards:
https://tradingeconomics.com/bangladesh/foreign-exchange-reserves
Give it a few more years for the projections of such banks (which take limited superficial data only - no matter how much is inflation) to change drastically for BD....given they are basing this mostly off the 2005/2010 - 2015 low base effect "growth"....which will certainly not compound same way with time if you look at harvard study of economic diversity requirement (projects only 4% growth for BD) given it looks at much more broadband consumption patterns:
http://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/rankings/growth-projections/
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@Indus Pakistan @OsmanAli98 @Game.Invade @Sugarcane @MUSTAKSHAF notice Pakistan does lot better in the projection here compared to Bangladesh - given Pakistan has more diverse economic potential at this stage)
It is reflected somewhat in IMF projection as well...especially in constant dollar and PPP terms (that take into account inflation and price level).
There would be some chance if BD can get 0 tariff access for other kinds of goods and services...to keep the dependency on such a model going. But they can't....it only extends to RMG as long as you are LDC. Once you transition out of that....you are expected to be putting on big boy pants and fight on level playing field with everyone else. You can already see the results of it starting now for BD. So give it time.
Stanchart and the rest were also making all kind of hue and livid cry about India (for 2020, 2030 etc) using the 2002 - 2010 growth trends to project next 10 years blah....all took a big hit in the end in reality because lot of it was asset inflation based and there was phase lock due to the recession crisis and too much subsidy preference (over hard capex) + lack of reform internally in the crucial years. Bangladesh barely has done even 10% of the reforms India did (as much as there remains to be done) from 1990 to current year. It certainly has no interest/drive to join the SDDS standard either to help propel this.
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