bangladesh

The difference is that capital in 1790's America was very broadly distributed (land was cheap and plentiful) while capital in Bangladesh today is very concentrated.

It's not like Bangladesh was once the United States and devolved to its current state due to worker exploitation.

How do you envision things may change in Bangladesh if/as your model dominates urban grocery retail?

This is more due to Bangladesh being a very low income country generally than anything else.

Not sure about China, but in Bangladesh where most clothes are made, it is dire.

The territories described in the article are enclaves, not just exclaves, because India and Bangladesh are the only two countries involved.

Singapore's GDP per capita in 1960 was much lower than Bangladesh is today, and with similar if not worse land distribution.

And insurance works just fine in Bangladesh once you figure out the claims process.

For most of the last century, Bangladesh was a basket case, unable to even feed its own people, and faced multiple terribly violent conflicts.

Happy to answer any questions here -- about Bangladesh or Chaldal.

So things that we find in Bangladesh may become applicable at a global scale.

Then there was the demand for Bangladesh in East Pakistan.

If by "further" you refer to 1947 division of the subcontinent then it has in fact broken up again, in 1971 when East Pakistan became Bangladesh.

> With 80 percent of its densely populated landmass lying near sea level, Bangladesh is often hailed as "ground zero" for climate change.

* How does YC feel about the inevitable "system loss" that's comes with doing business in Bangladesh?

The alternative is the squalor of places like Haiti and Bangladesh.

Some of the most vulnerable coastal districts in Bangladesh—Khulna, Satkhira, and Bagerhat—lie along India's border.

Note that I've never been to Bangladesh, so my only point of reference is domestic labor in India.