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InterviewsDecember 8 2010

Abul Maal Adbul Muhith on Bangladesh's future

Bangladesh's finance minister reveals how the young nation, considered by Goldman Sachs to be a 'Next Eleven' country, can shake off the ills of nationalism, poverty and corruption to realise its much-touted potential. Writer Spencer Anderson
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Abul Maal Adbul Muhith on Bangladesh's futureAbul Maal Adbul Muhith, Finance minister, government of Bangladesh

In 2005, Goldman Sachs included Bangladesh on its list of 'Next Eleven' countries considered to have the potential to be among the largest economies in the 21st century.

Since then, Bangladesh has had mixed fortunes and its finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, admits that there has not been sufficient foreign investment into the country over the past few years.

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