{"id":72102,"date":"2021-09-23T14:38:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T14:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=72102"},"modified":"2021-09-23T14:38:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T14:38:49","slug":"sdgs-performance-hasinas-leadership-earns-huge-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=72102","title":{"rendered":"SDGs performance: Hasina\u2019s leadership earns huge appreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dhaka:<\/strong> Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Jeffrey Sachs has highly appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her leadership in securing \u201ctremendous\u201d gains on different development and human indicators set out under SDGs.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve been in the leadership position during this time of tremendous progress. So, we wanted to give you personal congratulations as well,\u201d said Jeffrey Sachs, a world renowned economist.<\/p>\n

Lessons from Bangladesh\u2019s progress in UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are something that the whole world is interested to know, Jeffrey mentioned.<\/p>\n

A video of his remarks made recently at a programme was shared on the Facebook page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n

Branding Bangladesh as the \u201ctop performing\u201d nation in attainment of SDGs, Sachs urged Hasina to share her perspectives for world leaders to help the world achieve the path of \u201cprogress\u201d and \u201cdevelopment\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister was awarded with the \u2018SDG Progress Award\u2019 by the UN-sponsored Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) for Bangladesh\u2019s steady progress in achieving the SDGs.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things that makes us so excited and we want to hear from you is the fact that when we analyze as the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network does each year, the country\u2019s progress towards sustainable goals Bangladesh came first in the world in most progress between 2015 and 2020,\u201d Sachs told an international seminar at the UN, according to the video.<\/p>\n

Highlighting Bangladesh\u2019s progress, the former adviser to three United Nations Secretaries-General, said, \u201cI want to point out for listeners as we welcome you (Hasina). If you look at the facts of Bangladesh\u2019s progress and development, they really are wonderful and striking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor that achievement as well as wishing Bangladesh a happy birthday as this is a celebratory year, even though we\u2019re in the midst of a big crisis globally and everywhere, we still want to celebrate Bangladesh\u2019s achievement,\u201d Sachs added.<\/p>\n

Sachs tossed a few statistics to back his contention. In 1981, he said, the literacy rate was 29% of the adult population, in 2019 75% and in 1998, the completion at the lower secondary school was 50%, now it is 88%.<\/p>\n

Electrification was only 14% of households covered in 1991 while now electricity access is 92%, he mentioned.<\/p>\n

Mentioning a \u201cseven-fold reduction\u201d under-five child mortality, Sachs said one that is a particularly clear indicator of the great strides of wellbeing, the mortality rate for the children under 5 at independence was 222 children dying before their fifth birthdays of every 1000 births.<\/p>\n

Crediting Hasina\u2019s leadership, he said, \u201cYou (Hasina) have been the prime minister for three consecutive terms and the other during 1996 to 2001, in between leader of the opposition in three parliaments, so you have been in the leadership of your country during this time of tremendous progress.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dhaka: Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Jeffrey Sachs has highly appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her leadership in securing \u201ctremendous\u201d gains on different development and human indicators set out under SDGs. \u201cYou\u2019ve been in the leadership position during this time of tremendous progress. So, we wanted to give you personal congratulations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":72103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n