Bangladesh ranks third among the top 20 countries where people lack access to electricity, according to a report of a World Bank-led multi-agency team published on May 28, 2013.The report titled ‘Global Tracking Framework Report’ said until 2010, 66.6 million people,
or 45 percent of the country’s population, were out of electricity.
However, Bangladesh government statistics say 60 percent of its population was brought under electricity coverage by the end of 2012, against 43 percent in 2009.
The government claims power generation increased to 8,525 megawatts last year from 4,941 megawatts four years earlier.
The report, first of its kind, said India is on the top of the list of power-starved countries with about 306.2 million of its people remaining out of electricity. Nigeria ranks second in the countries with its 82.4 million people lacking access to power.
Sayed Farrukh Ahmed
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Business and Economics
Daffodil International University
