Matt Yglesias suggests that Bangladeshis will lose if Scott Brown is indeed elected to the U.S. Senate.

Biggest losers by far will be the people of Bangladesh and other low-lying coastal areas. The odds of a cap and trade bill passing in 2010 never looked great, and if Brown wins they’ll look worse.

Because my parents are from Bangladesh, this is a subject of great interest to me. My sense is that the vitally important thing for Bangladeshis is to live in a wealthier world that is capable of solving pressing problems like the emerging phosphorous deficit, and that allows for the kind of human capital investments that make a society more resilient in the face of disaster.