Assignment 2: Lending Institutions, Health Care, and Human Capital
Dorothy Bradley-Shelton
Professor John R. Cronin
SOC 300 - Sociology of Developing Countries
March 8, 2015
From a perilous beginning, Bangladesh has attained notable advancements in economic and social development in about four decades. Since it won its independent in 1971 following a bloody war, many, in the international community were doubtful about the country’s long-term economic sustainability. Some observers predicted a state of continuing aid dependency, while others believed if a country with such enormous and innumerable development problems as Bangladesh could make strides in development, then possibly other developing countries could as
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Bangladesh has also made considerable improvements in other areas as well, such as the infant mortality and life expectancy rate. Bangladesh has made considerable improvements over the years. While the majority of the population of Bangladesh live in rural areas, the majority of health professionals live in urban areas. However, there have been great strides made to remedy this dilemma. Bangladesh has managed to develop nationwide network of medical facilities, colleges, and institutions. According to the World Health Organization, Bangladesh has constructed almost 60 Medical colleges (The majority of them private), 13 nursing colleges (majority private), 69 nursing institute (22 of them are private), 17 medical assistant training schools (10 of them are private), and 16 institute of health technology (13 of them are private). In spite of this growth to health workforce production, the country is still having health workforce shortage and geographical imbalances. The World Health Report 2006 identified Bangladesh among 57 countries with a serious shortage of doctors, paramedics, nurses and midwives (World Health Organization).
A healthy population is not only vital but also a necessity for a country’s economic growth and development. There is an inherently strong connection between the health status of the population and the level of development of a country. Most countries that are exceptionally developed have an overwhelmingly healthy population,
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Bangladesh is a very weak and undeveloped country and has some of the worst health and nutrition data. Bangladesh is a parliamentary democracy with 6 divisions and 64 local districts. Bangladesh used to be a part of Pakistan before the turmoil in Pakistan caused Bangladesh to become its own independent country in the 1970s. Much of the nutrition, education and economy is damaged because of the swell in population growth and political issues. in 2000 the World Health Organization approximated 35 to 77 percent of the water in Bangladesh contains arsenic. However, the country has improved and education, the economy and nutrition baselines have risen closer to expected outcomes.
Use the Internet to research one (1) developing nation of your choice. Your research should include an examination of lending institutions, health care, and human capital,
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To understand the concept of population health, it is first important to understand what defines health. The World Health Organization defines health as “the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO, 1946). This definition implies that the experience of health is a highly personal one and impacted by multiple factors both internal and external to the individual. Population, on the other hand, is defined by Caldwell (1996) as a “large mass of people constituting some kind of definable unit to which measurements pertain” (p.306). Multiple
As a country, Bangladesh is full of possibilities, which has severe problems that needs to be solved. There are progressive scietific education policy which were never been implied in real world basis. Dictatorship and democratic political regimes likely never implied an education policy which really works. However, the country is conformed fully to the education for all objectives attached to the Millenium Development Goals. In reality, though, higher education is
Analysis of a long period (1947-1971) needed for the independence of Bangladesh is mainly depicted in this book. Analysis of why a
Bangladesh has got a population of around 150 million (2011) with a life expectancy at birth of around 63 years, and an adult literacy rate of 47.5%. The recent Human Development
Bangladesh is a land of the optimists. It is a country where millions of people dream of better living standards and future through their hard work and perseverance. With a dense population of nearly 154.1 million, in which there exists skilled, semi-skilled and less-skilled labor force, migration has been a primary source for the people of Bangladesh to search for employment.
Bangladesh is a south Asian country and has an approximate population reaching 164 million. The manufacturing industry is what Bangladesh is known for. That industry also accounted for almost 12% of GDP in 2009 and 2010 with employing over four million people (The Bangladesh Accord Foundation, 2014). The labor force is made up of young, urbanizing, mainly women. Bangladesh accounts for approximately 78% total exports (The Bangladesh Accord Foundation, 2014), which is second to China.
Bangladesh economy has been experiencing a rapid growth since the '90s. Industrial and agricultural development, international trade, inflow of expatriate Bangladeshi workers ' remittance, local and foreign investments in construction, communication, power, food processing and service enterprises ushered in an era of economic activities.