1) This thread is about Pak FM's upcoming visit to Bangladesh. We should better be positive about it. Otherwise, why to open this thread? This thread is certainly not for talking big about BD's future economic growth or for comparing ours with Pak's.
2) In reality, no one can forecast a future so far from today. Some International Banks and money lending agencies target a few rising countries and keep on predicting the future in order to lure hedge funds that can be invested in such countries' stock markets.
3) At the right moment they come and invest in the stock market. This heats up the market and the locals are lured to invest. A day comes when the hedge funders make a big killing at the expense of the locals, and leave the country never to come back again.
4) This happened to SEA and also to India. The same may happen to the countries the Institutional investors are targeting now. BD seems to be one of those prize countries.
5) A simple calculation shows it will be another 12 years when our GDP will double to $240 billion. Another 10 years to reach a $480 billion target, and another 9 years to reach $960 billion.
So, if everything goes smoothely as predicted, BD will have only a $960 billion GDP in 2043. To make it double to $1,920 billion or say, $2 trillion in the next 7 years BD will have to achieve more than 10% growth every year. There is no question BD economy will be worth $5 trillion by 2050, There are so many unknown factors remain ahead that no one can really predict things even 2 years ahead.
It is useless to talk about a future economic supremacy when currently the GoB is dreaming to send another 10 million (?) labours to water date trees in the middle-east deserts. We nust be realistic about our future.