MDG Report 2012 - United Nations in Bangladesh

Figure 9.2: Debt Service as a Percentage of Exports of Goods and Services, 1990-201225.020.015.010.05.00.090 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12Debt Service as a % of XGS 20. 20. 15. 13. 11. 10. 9.5 9.2 7.7 10. 9.0 9.8 9.8 8.8 8.8 8.3 8.7 7.9 9.1 6.4 5.7 4.9 7.0Debt Service as a % of XGSSource: Flow of External Resources 2011, ERDTarget 8.E: In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordableessential drugs in developing countriesIndicator 8.13: Proportion of population with access to affordable essential drugs on asustainable basisAccording to Millennium Development Goals Bangladesh Progress Report 2005, theproportion of population with access to affordable essential drugs was 80 percent. No updateddata on the indicator are available afterwards.Target 8.F: In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of newtechnologies, especially information and communicationsIndicator 8.14: Telephone lines per 100 populationAccording to the information provided by the Bangladesh Telecommunication RegulatoryCommission (BTRC), telephone line per 100 population was 0.69 in 2011 which was 0.20 in1990. The figure has increased to 0.75 in 2012. However, the demand for fixed telephonelines has declined significantly after 2008 because of the phenomenal development of cellularphone services as well as poor customer service provided by the fixed telephone companiesin the country.Figure 9.3: Fixed Telephone Lines per 100 PopulationSource: BTRC; Pacific Economic Survey, 2008; ITU estimates101