Dhaka, May 30 -- The credibility of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) is crucial for information decision making and accurate policy implementation.
Recently it has released provisional estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) and per capita income based on data from the first nine months of the current fiscal year.
BBS data shows that the country's GDP growth has slowed to 3.97 percent during these months. However, it added the per capita income has increased to $2,820, an all-time high.
But the question remains as to how acceptable this calculation is. One reason for this is that the BBS has not yet been able to publish reliable statistics on the size of the country's economy or GDP.
Although nine months have passed since the...