Bangladesh is committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2032; to this end, the government of Bangladesh is exploring policy options to increase fiscal space for health and expand coverage while improving service quality and availability. Despite Bangladesh's impressive strides in improving its economic and social development outcomes, the government still confronts health financing and service delivery challenges. In its review of the health system, this study highlights the limited fiscal space for implementing UHC in Bangladesh, particularly given low public spending for...

Outlines four strategies in a 'whole-of-government' approach: Investing in high-quality early childhood development; Preparing healthier, better educated, and skilled youth; Enabling greater adult labor force participation; Creating an enabling environment for human capital formation. These strategies are based on best practices in other countries.