ABSTRACT
Figure 1.1 shows a range of data for Bangladesh and the USA. Behind these figures lie vastly
BOX A: THE ROSTOW MODEL
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BOX B: RICH AND POOR COUNTRIES
different life experiences. In Bangladesh most people rarely live beyond 50, they have to share a physician with over 6000 other people and over 1 in 10 of their children die before reaching the age of 1. Compare that with the USA where the average person lives to be 75, most people have better access to medical care and are less likely to experience the agony of the death of a child.
