After overcoming the debilitating impact of the famine, Bangladesh has been on a path of slow, if uneven, development across its territory. Some would say that the country could not do otherwise following 1974, unless it embarked on a backward slide and, in the process, fulfil Kissinger's prediction. WB, in keeping with its doctrine, has explained the upturn primarily as a result of "income growth, the strongest engine for the workforce, its size and skill levels, and the efficiency of productiontechnology. For all the optimism expressed by WB, it has also expressed reservations about governance,particularly endemic corruption, which could prevent Bangladesh fromattaining 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.