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People

Population	158.57 mln
Population growth	2%
Life expectancy	64 years
Net migration	-500,000

Economy

GDP	$68.42 bln
- per capita	$431
- growth rate	6%
FDI, net inflows	$0.65 bln

Infrastructure

Cellphone users

22%

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Understanding the dynamics of gender and nutrition in Bangladesh : Implications for policy and programming

reliefweb.int –

During the past two decades, Bangladesh has made considerable progress in development, sustaining high rates of economic growth and reducing poverty rates by nine percent between 2000 and 2005. This report aims to contribute to reducing malnutrition in Bangladesh through a better understanding of gender-nutrition linkages. It is also part of a larger effort on multisectoral approaches to improving nutrition. The report takes as its starting point, the hypothesis that gender inequality in more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 17, 2012

The Malaysian Microfinance System and a Comparison with the Grameen Bank (Bangladesh) and Bank Perkreditan Rakyat (BPR-Indonesia)

microfinancegateway.org –

This paper compares the lending systems of subsidized Malaysian MFIs’ with those of unsubsidized MFIs such as Grameen Bank in Bangladesh and People’s Bank (Bank Perkreditan Rakyat/BPR) in Indonesia. Malaysia has implemented microfinance programs since 1987 as a poverty eradication strategy. There are three large MFIs in Malaysia, namely Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM), Yayasan Usaha Maju (YUM) and The Economic Fund for National Entrepreneurs Group (TEKUN). Each MFI has its own lending systems and is more...

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D C on May 15, 2012

ISSUE IN BRIEF: Labor Migration From Colombo Process Countries

publications.iom.int –

Since 2005, the Colombo Process (CP) Member Countries have taken concrete, proactive steps to manage labor migration by, for example, amending existing regulations or adopting new legislation, creating new government structures dedicated to managing labor outflows, signing bilateral agreements (BAs) and memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with key destination countries and launching innovative programmes and activities at various levels of government. This brief highlights 10 potential areas of more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 14, 2012

Quantifying Carbon and distributional benefits of solar home system programs in Bangladesh

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Scaling-up adoption of renewable energy technology, such as solar home systems, to expand electricity access in developing countries can accelerate the transition to low-carbon economic development. Using a purposely collected national household survey, this study quantifies the carbon and distributional benefits of solar homesystem programs in Bangladesh. Three key findings are generated from the study. First, dissemination of solar home systems brings about significant carbon benefits: the more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 14, 2012

Banglalink – Bangladesh – Feasibility Study

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The GSMA’s Green Power for Mobile (GPM) programme worked with Banglalink to analyse the entire Banglalink network, which consists of 4760 base stations, to identify specific solutions for energy cost savings. There were several challenges in doing this analysis, one of which includes the rapidly growing number of subscribers requiring Banglalink to frequently add extra capacity to existing sites making the power requirements dynamic and challenging to forecast. The mobile phone infrastructure more...

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D C on March 15, 2012

Shadow Education: Private Supplementary Tutoring and Its Implications for Policy Makers in Asia

beta.adb.org –

In all parts of Asia, households devote considerable expenditures to private supplementary tutoring. This tutoring may contribute to students’ achievement, but it also maintains and exacerbates social inequalities, diverts resources from other uses, and can contribute to inefficiencies in education systems. Such tutoring is widely called shadow education, because it mimics school systems. As the curriculum in the school system changes, so does the shadow. This study documents the scale and more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 08, 2012

Releasing the Pressure

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The report puts water productivity at the center of the debate but with a wider concept and context of what productivity actually means and to whom. This report uses various cases to illustrate how to broaden the concept of water productivity and ecosystem services. It suggests ways in which water productivity can be used for addressing more balanced water resource management, so as to achieve multiple benefits for local people. It complements the recent collaboration between UNEP-IWMI on the more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 14, 2012

We have seen the enemy : Bangladesh's war against climate change

guardian.co.uk –

Storms of this intensity historically happen in Bangladesh once every 20 to 30 years. But two "super-cyclones" in two years, followed by a narrow escape when super-cyclone Nargis killed 100,000 people in nearby Burma a year later, convinced Sultan and her village, as well as many sceptics in government, that climate change was happening and Bangladesh's very survival was at stake.Gazipara, like thousands of other villages in coastal Bangladesh, is now racing to adapt to the increased flooding, more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 10, 2012

Communication Assessment and Action Plan for the LACC Project in Bangladesh

connect4climate.org –

Communication is a key to promoting sustainable development. Communication for Development or ComDev, an approach applied by FAO that combines a variety of participatory communication processes and tools, ranging from rural radio to the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), is central to this task.The Livelihood Adaptation to Climate Change or LACC project is a subcomponent of the bigger Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Programme (CDMP) which is being funded by United Nations more...

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D C on April 30, 2012

Narrowing the Gaps through Regional Cooperation Institutions and Governance Systems

adbi.org –

Regional governance systems and national frameworks to address climate change and accelerate green growth in Asia are reviewed and tools to address climate change are outlined. Options for regional level political institutions and financial architecture needed to fulfill voluntary pledges and programs are suggested and potentials, options, and challenges regarding monitoring, reporting, and verification systems are analyzed. In conclusion, policy measures for adaption and mitigation to climate more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 09, 2012

Update on mobile alliance for maternal action in Bangladesh

shopsproject.org –

This presentation reviews the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) intervention in Bangladesh. MAMA uses mobile phones to communicate health information to pregnant women, new mothers and their families. The presentation describes how the program will be evaluated and sustained going forward.

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D C on April 19, 2012

Gender Equity, Human Rights, Democracy and Social Justice in Bangladesh

norad.no –

The document review and interviews with various stakeholders indicate that overall the ASK project “Promoting Gender Equity, Human Rights, Democracy and Social Justice” (2007- 2011) has progressed as planned and achieved the expected results. ASK has carried out most of the planned activities and accomplished what they set out to achieve. The implementation of activities is documented through extensive and detailed quantitative reporting at the output level. Valid explanations are generally more...

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Moushumi Biswas on March 15, 2012

Security and human rights issues in South-Central Somalia

nyidanmark.dk –

This fact finding mission to Nairobi, Kenya and Mogadishu, Somalia was conducted by the Danish Immigration Service (DIS), Documentation and Research Division. The purpose of the mission was to gather updated Country of Origin Information (COI) on South-Central (S-C) Somalia on matters related to security and human rights issues, including freedom of movement. The mission took place amidst ongoing and developing security and political processes in S-C Somalia, including significant military more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 03, 2012

Planning and costing agriculture’s adaptation to climate change in the salinity prone cropping system of Bangladesh

pubs.iied.org –

This study aims to investigate adaptation requirements and their cost implications in the context of coastal agriculture in Bangladesh. Work shows that the various stakeholders in Bangladesh are aware of climate change and its adverse impacts on agricultural production, and are therefore currently trying to embed adaptation into policy and long-term planning documents. The study also indicates that extension workers are active in promoting technological advances for adaptive practices. Research more...

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D C on April 26, 2012

Food Price Escalation in South Asia

beta.adb.org –

This paper deals with the problems related to food price inflation in South Asia in a comprehensive manner. It presents an in-depth empirical analysis of the possible factors that could explain the increase in food inflation, and discusses the impact of food price inflation on poverty and macroeconomic stability in South Asia. The paper further proposes some practical policies to address the situation, including how regionalism may be a solution to food inflation.

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Sonia Hossain on February 29, 2012

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