The study is conducted to evaluate the performance of regions of Bangladesh, both across divisions and districts, in their attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Based on the data from the Multiple Cluster Survey and applying the formulated Mazziotta Pareto Index (MPI), the findings show that there remain contradictory results across divisions and districts. Although Bangladesh is performing well at the national level in its attainment of MDG goals, at the more microlevel, the analysis suggests that Bangladesh is yet to outperform in achieving all health and education social developments. Thus, the paper makes a policy suggestion for the policy-makers, academicians, and development practitioners to identify these governance gaps for better achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. Findings suggest evidence of poor scaling-up of the development progress across districts, although cumulatively the divisions represent outperformance. Furthermore, the findings also advocate that there needs to be goal-specific regional assessment targeting in each of the fields, such as health, education, gender, environment and energy, industry, innovation and infrastructure, which will provide a better understanding of the performance of the country in terms of social development.
Author: Zaman, Nabila
Type: Working Paper
Year: 2015
