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Bangladesh has been maintaining an average annual rate of about 6 percent for more than a decade. The fact that thi growth has been achieved despite occurrence of natural disasters, world food price crisis and global recession indicate the of the economy supported by good economie management and favorable external factors. Sustained growth has to faster reduction in poverty from 49 percent in 2000 to 24 percent in 2015. Growth has also been associated with improvement in indicators such as education, health and nutrition, housing and sanitation. However, the recent progress has been facing fundamental including maintaining macroeconomic stability, increasing energy supply, lifting investment rate, improving competitiveness of the economy and achieving sustainable development.