The millennium development goals: Bangladesh progress report 2011
Millennium development goals: Bangladesh progress report 2011 is the fifth report on the progress monitoring of MDGs in Bangladesh after 2005. This report is prepared and published by the General Economics Division (GED) of the Planning Commission after taking inputs from different ministries/divisions/agencies that are implementing various programmes/projects with the aim to achieving the set goals. The report shows that Bangladesh has achieved remarkable progresses in the area of primary schooling, gender parity in primary and secondary level education, lowering the infant and under-five mortality rate and maternal mortality ration, improving immunization coverage and reducing the incidence of communicable diseases. The recent data reveal that incidence of poverty has been declining at an annual rate of 2.46 percent in Bangladesh during 1991-92 to 2010.