zero-growth population strategy would be in the best interests of the people of Bangladesh and important with respect to its impact on the government’s ability to sustain the economy and infrastructure. Extremely poor, Bangladesh suffers from 35.6% of its people existing under the poverty line, 5.8% inflation, and a staggering unemployment rate of 35.2% (CIA). Adding to these problems is the fact that annual floods hamper economic development and growth. Unlike many countries in a similar predicament, Bangladesh does enjoy 73% arable land availability, but the monsoon floods hamper agrarian development. Further, the birth rate is 25.3/1000 with total fertility at 2.78/woman (CIA). These factors demonstrate that increasing Bangladesh’s population will only serve to further its economic woes, deplete its resources, and lower its already low quality of life for inhabitants. Economic and demographic prospects would be gr
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