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  Bangladesh's leadership seems to have in the past 10 years hunkered down and been unceremoniously working on some of the biggest issues facing that nation and showing some good results. Birth rates declining, literacy rates improving, percentage of people living in extremely poverty decreasing. All of these things are huge in determining what kind of future is possible for Bangladeshis and in that regard the people there should feel good for the overall direction the country is going in.
context: I feel like a better comparison would be between Pakistan and Bangladesh, given that both of them were given the similar starting parameters (caveat is Bangladesh had a lot less support/investment). >
  
  I'd say that Bangladesh is still doing better than Pakistan as it is not involved in any active proxy wars with another country. Pakistan has a massive debt problem and has essentially become a Chinese puppet nation. Remember how few years back Chinese workers on the belt and road project in Pakistan beat up the police (or was it military personnel? ) who were trying to tell them not to go to nearest town for their own safety? >
  
  Bangladesh has also, with little fanfare, brought its birth rates down to be on par with educated, Western countries. In fact, Bangladesh's birth rate is now actually below replacement level. The overpopulation the country is famous for will soon be "the overpopulation it was once famous for."