UNB, Dhaka :
The Unnayan Onneshan (UO), an independent multidisciplinary think tank, in its post-budget issue of monthly Bangladesh Economic Update reveals that declining allocation for health and education is likely to hinder the achievement of the country’s development targets.
The UO in its monthly publication notes that expenditure on health and education in Bangladesh is quite low vis-à-vis other developing countries. Allocation for non-development expenditure on both sectors comprises the large portion of the total
allocation resulting in inadequate allocation for development expenditure.
In addition, poor implementation status of Annual Development Programme (ADP) in the Ministry of Health and Family Planning and the Ministry of Education poses challenge to the development of these two sectors.
In view of the current challenges in the development of health and education sectors, the think tank finds three major issues that characterize the two sectors. These are – structural inequality emanating from socioeconomic differentials, lack of universal coverage in the provision of social services, and social inequality due to citizens’ lack of access to social services.
The research organisation says that Bangladesh lags behind other developing countries in accumulating public spending adequately to provide its citizens with necessary social services while the allocations for social sectors, particularly education and health, as percentage of total programme expenditure have been on the decline in recent years.
The Unnayan Onneshan (UO), an independent multidisciplinary think tank, in its post-budget issue of monthly Bangladesh Economic Update reveals that declining allocation for health and education is likely to hinder the achievement of the country’s development targets.
The UO in its monthly publication notes that expenditure on health and education in Bangladesh is quite low vis-à-vis other developing countries. Allocation for non-development expenditure on both sectors comprises the large portion of the total
allocation resulting in inadequate allocation for development expenditure.
In addition, poor implementation status of Annual Development Programme (ADP) in the Ministry of Health and Family Planning and the Ministry of Education poses challenge to the development of these two sectors.
In view of the current challenges in the development of health and education sectors, the think tank finds three major issues that characterize the two sectors. These are – structural inequality emanating from socioeconomic differentials, lack of universal coverage in the provision of social services, and social inequality due to citizens’ lack of access to social services.
The research organisation says that Bangladesh lags behind other developing countries in accumulating public spending adequately to provide its citizens with necessary social services while the allocations for social sectors, particularly education and health, as percentage of total programme expenditure have been on the decline in recent years.
