Bangladesh, March 19 -- Bangladesh needs to boost its allocation in education and health sector, otherwise the country may face disparity in these areas in the near future, experts warned at a meeting on Monday.
At the same time, there should be greater coordination between the finance and planning ministries on how budget is allocated, they said.
The views came at a meeting organised by the Planning Commission to share the final evaluation of the sixth five year plan in Dhaka.
"One of the main reasons why Bangladesh has been so successful in the social parameters is that most of the social solutions have been brought to the rural poor at a very low cost," said economist Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud at the meeting.
As a result, "The poor secti...