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Is Bangladesh's economic success a wake-up call for India?

Puja Mehra speaks with Dr. Shamika Ravi, former member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Economic Advisory Council, about the lessons for India from Bangladesh's socio-economic transformation

Puja Mehra speaks with Dr. Shamika Ravi, former member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Economic Advisory Council and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institute, about the economic strides Bangladesh has made and the lessons for India from its socio-economic transformation.

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