Wannaphong Durongkaveroj Department of Development Economics, Faculty of Economics Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand (E-mail Address: Wannaphongd@gmail.com) After partition, the living standard of Bangladesh, overall, seems to be better off. According to the World Bank, in 1990, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measured by PPP (Current international $) of Bangladesh was around 74.26 billion while of Pakistan was around 213.09 billion. The economy of Pakistan was bigger than Bangladesh around 2.87 times. By ten years later, namely 2000, the gap of national income between Pakistan and Bangladesh got closer to 2.64 times revealing the more increasing rate in economic growth of Bangladesh. From 1990 to 2000, GDP grew around 95.77 and 80.30 for Bangladesh and Pakistan, respectively. In 2013, the gap got smaller to 2.13 times. Bangladesh’s output was at 400.48 billion while 855.87 billion for Pakistan. GDP of Bangladesh grew over 439.31 percent over th...
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