installment / higher-purchase forms of payment and affordable loans
have seen the consumer market record stupendous sales in consumer products
ranging from foreign cosmetics, air-coolers, refrigerators to passenger
vehicles.

Seven
percent of the population with purchasing power translates into roughly 11
million people who are “middle and affluent consumers” (MAC) are seen as
confident consumers with an expectation of seeing their incomes increase
positively in the next fiscal. Yet, there is also another undercurrent that
differentiates the Bangladeshi average consumer from their Asian counterparts
i.e. the aversion towards accumulating debt which they may or may not be able
to repay. Despite reservations on affordability, Bangladeshis are hopping on to
the digital bandwagon at a stupendous rate.

It is
estimated that more than 50 million people use internet services on their cell
phones. There is also a shift in consumer preferences being witnessed whenDemocracy in Greece

Pericles became the leader of the democratic party in Athens in 461 B.C. and ruled during Athens's Golden Age. When state pay was instituted for officials in 450 B.C., Athens nearly became a full democracy; class was no longer a factor in official appointments. However, women, metics, and slaves were still completely excluded from politics. A demonstrated lack of respect as well as the active censorship of these residents were also byproducts of Athenian success.

Historians estimate the population of Attica, the state over which Athens was the capital, to have been approximately 315,000 at the time. Of this population, 172,000 were Athenian citizens, 28,000 were resident aliens, and 115,000 were slaves. All were registered in political and religious units known as demes. The rural population was