it has also expressed reservations about governance,particularly endemic corruption, which could prevent Bangladesh from attaining the MIC status or the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). "For all its progress, however ," two WB economists further point out, "bangladesh remains a poor country --- with...wide disparities in incomes and human capabilities across income and occupational groups, gender, and regions." United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) has published its Human Development index (HDI) --- 2011 Rankings, which provides a generally realistic picture of where Bangladesh stand in terms of human development, both as a barometer of its individual progress over the years and in comparison to the rest of the world, particularly to the countries of the South Asian region, of which it is a part.