Investment-GDP ratio in Bangladesh Source: World Bank, World Development Indicator 1 Investment-GDP ratio in Bangladesh Even under the very optimistic scenario (ICOR = 4.2), between 2017-18 and 2029-30, investment-GDP ratio has to be increased annually by 0.7 percentage points which is 1.75 times higher than the current (2013-2017) annual percentage points rise (0.4). Source: World Bank, World Development Indicator 2 Incremental Capital-Output Ratio ICOR can be calculated as: ICOR = Investment-GDP ratio/Annual Increase in GDP For example, if the investment-GDP ratio is 20 and the GDP growth rate is 5, then ICOR = 20/5 = 4 3 Growth in exports in Bangladesh Source: World Bank, World Development Indicator 4 Growth in remittances in Bangladesh Source: World Bank, World Development Indicator 5 Data Source: World Bank 6 Data Source: World Bank 7 Data Source: World Bank 8 Data Source: BPDB 9