Bangladesh Having The last laugh

War-torn and resource-poor Bangladesh was dismissed as an economic basket case at its birth in 1971. But after decades of steady economic growth and social development, Bangladesh is being praised as a rising economic star. And Arvinda Subramanian, a noted economist, author and a former chief economic adviser of India, writes: "For decades, it [Bangladesh] was an object of condescension for India and Pakistan alike. Not anymore. Now a shining model of development, this twice-dismembered country offers lessons for the struggling countries from which it was born."