Environment

SPEED IS THE NEED

DTE Staff

Bangladesh womretain a sluggish annual gross domesproduct (GDP) rate below five per aunless it improves its pace of refomwarns the World Bank (WB). A recestudy conducted by WH foresees Ah, GDP growth rate at 4.7 per cent 1996-97 in the absence of a boldapproach to reforms and uncertain political scenario.now depends on the new government, which will beplace after the elections next year, to speed up reforms ilis to expect more monetary benefits from the Bank.