While many Bangladeshis bristle at comparisons with their neighbour's earlier stages of development, billing itself as 'the next India' just might be Bangladesh's best bet for attracting FDI. The finance minister tells Spencer Anderson how a a young nation struggling to shake off the ills of rampant nationalism, poverty and corruption can ever reach its much-touted potential
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