Population Density and Socioeconomic Growth: Case of Bangladesh

Bangladesh has been delving on discovering her most unique brand promise. Over the years, Bangladesh has focused on language movement, liberation war, the largest delta, mangrove forest, sandy sea beach, etc. However, Bangladesh did not consider density by population size as one of the most unique brand promises. The obvious question is why should this be of importance? When we assess the role of density for a populace nation, in providing collective strength through efficient management of inclusive financing, attainment of effective distribution of electricity, competitive nature of labor force resulting in competitive wages, easy access to agricultural work place for multiple cultivation, reaching out for health care, and so on; it is evident that one of the major contributors of economic emancipation of the country perhaps could be population density resulting out of natural cluster creation. It is also interesting to note that when the major nations of the world such as the United States of America, India, United Kingdom, etc., are fighting for reverse migration and considering size of population as a threat to economic growth, Bangladesh with comparatively high-density profile, is doing well in economic growth. Therefore, it is pertinent to propose; if rising population density is sign of the things to come, then Bangladesh could be the perfect laboratory to design and prototype the future strategic directions for countries soon to have similar density ingredients. This paper is a conceptual undertaking to assess how Bangladesh could be transformed into a global brand focusing on becoming the seat of learning for the world to address the density paradox