Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Mar 5) said the global partnership must carry a meaning to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) so no challenge could upset their progress to attain developing countries' status.
  
She said: “We, the graduating LDCs, want to make sure that no challenges can further slow down our graduation momentum."

The premier was addressing a conference titled “Sustainable and Smooth Transition for the Graduating Cohort of 2021" at Doha in Qatar.

Bangladesh jointly organised the event with Lao PDR and Nepal held at Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) on the sidelines of 5th United Nations Conference on LDCs (LDC5: From Potential to Prosperity).

The premier said, “We are focusing on increasing our productive capacity, accelerating structural transformation, developing human capital, boosting the private sector, investing in institution building, digitalising utility services, and ensuring equity for our growth dividends. We hope to do our part as in the Doha Programme of Action”.

For our success, there is no alternative to a meaningful global partnership, she said.

Sheikh Hasina said: “Our government pursues an inclusive development pathway where no one will be left behind.”

 “We’ve taken concrete plans to take our nation forward to the next levels of development. Our near-term target is to become an upper middle-income country by 2031 through LDC graduation and SDG implementation,” she added.

She mentioned that the next vision of the government is to make the country a developed, knowledge-based and SMART Bangladesh by 2041. 

Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal Narayan Kaji Shrestha and Deputy Prime Minister of Lao PDR Saleumxay Kommasith also spoke at the event.

BDST: 1921 HRS, MAR 05, 2023
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