Bangladesh Development
Research Center (BDRC)
“Bangladesh’s high corruption perception index (CPI) does not indicate
that the entire population of Bangladesh is corrupt, rather it indicates the
political and administrative corruption that exists in the country. The
general people of Bangladesh are only the victims of corruption.”
Muzaffar Ahmed, Chairman, Board of Trustees,   
Transparency International Bangladesh   
(http://www.ti-bangladesh.org/index.php?page_id=279) .
Bangladesh's Ranking and Relative Progress
(Last updated: December 16, 2009)

The BDRC provides information within 5 categories:
Child Development Index (Bangladesh ranked for 1990-94, 95-99, and 2000-06)
provided by Save the Children UK

Corruption Perceptions Index (Bangladesh is ranked since 2001)
provided by Transparency International  

Doing Business Index (Bangladesh is assessed since 2004, ranked since 2006)
provided by World Bank Group

Economic Freedom Index (Bangladesh is ranked at least since 2000)
provided by Heritage Foundation & Wall Street Journal

Environmental Performance/Sustainability Index (exists for 2005 and 2008)
provided by Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP) and the Center for
International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) of Columbia University, in
collaboration with the World Economic Forum and the Joint Research Centre of the
European Commission

Global Competitiveness Index (Ranking started in 2001)
provided by World Economic Forum

Global Hunger Index (Ranking for 2003, 2008, and 2009)
provided by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Human Development Index (Bangladesh is ranked at least since 2000)
provided by United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Human Poverty Index (Bangladesh is ranked at least since 2000)
provided by United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Income [GDP per capita (PPP), Rank in terms of] (Bangladesh is ranked at least since 2000)
provided by United Nations Development Program (UNDP)  

Inward FDI Performance Index (Bangladesh is ranked at least since 2000)
provided by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Open Budget Index (Bangladesh has been ranked for 2006 and 2008)
provided by International Budget Partnership

Outward FDI Performance Index (Bangladesh is ranked at least since 2000)
provided by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Trade and Development Index (first report was in 2005, second in 2007)
provided by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Worldwide Press Freedom Index (Ranking started in 2002)
provided by Reporters sans frontieres
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1) For Bangladesh's Ranking and Progress (relative to progress of other
countries) with regards to the following 15 indices/indicators:
(please click: Bangladesh's Ranking and Progress, pdf)  
4) For Bangladesh's ranking (for which only one year of data is available)
(please click: Bangladesh's Ranking, pdf):
Economic Vulnerability Index (EcVI)
provided by United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Environmental Performance Index
provided by Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy et al.

Environmental Vulnerability Index (EnVI)
provided by SOPAC, UNEP, et al.

Happy Planet Index
provided by new economics foundation (nef)
             
Quality-of-life Index
provided by Economist Intelligence Unit        
              
Disaster Risk Indices:
•        Overall Disaster Risk
•        Disaster Risk for Droughts
•        Disaster Risk for Earthquakes
•        Disaster Risk for Floods
•        Disaster Risk for Tropical Cyclones
provided by United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
5) Additional information and links:

For further information and rankings of Bangladesh specifically with regards to indices and indicators of
UNDP’s Human Development Report, please see:
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_BGD.html
3) For Bangladesh's record with regards to six governance indicators from
1996-2007, provided by the World Bank's Worldwide Governance Indicators
(WGI) research project (i.e.: Voice and Accountability; Political Stability &
Absence of Violence/Terrorism; Government Effectiveness; Regulatory Quality;
Rule of Law; and Control of Corruption)  

please click: Worldwide Governance Indicators 1996-2008, pdf
  1. Bangladesh's Ranking and Progress with regards to 15 specific indices/indicators
  2. Bangladesh's CPIA Scores, Rankings, and Progress
  3. Bangladesh's record with regards to six governance indicators from 1996-2007
  4. Bangladesh's ranking (for which only one year of data is available)
  5. Additional information and links
2) For Bangladesh's Scores, Rankings, and Progress (relative to other
countries) in the World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional
Assessments (CPIA)    

please click: CPIA Scores, Rankings, and Progress, pdf

Note: Though the World Bank decided in 2004 to publish the CPIA scores in the future, this
information is close to impossible to find on its website and allows the public to only access
one country at a time. Furthermore, the World Bank has recently revised the composition of
the CPIA from 20 indicators to 16 indicators, making a comparison over time impossible.

For a critical review on the usefulness of the CPIA see:
Barry Herman (2007) Kill the CPIA, available at:
http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/ipd/pub/Barry.Herman.pdf