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A World Bank report says both GDP growth and remittances will play an important role for Bangladesh to attain middle-income status by 2021. Read More »
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Bangladesh needs to become more resilient to climate change. The adaptation costs from increased cyclones and floods will be approximately $5.7 billion by 2050. Read More »
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Introducing clean technologies can reduce the impact of brick pollution in Dhaka by 45-60%. Read More »
RECENTLY PUBLISHED
To regain the strong growth it had before the global crisis, South Asia will have to manage a combination of persistent external economic headwinds and increasing regional macroeconomic and structural ...
This paper addresses whether microcredit participants in Bangladesh are trapped in poverty and debt, as many critics have argued in recent years. Analysis of data from a long panel survey over a 20-year period...
Over the past 20 years, Bangladesh has witnessed strong competition among microfinance institutions. Using program-level panel data from 2005-2010, this paper studies the microfinance institutions' recent...
Weak exports and investments resulting from the impact of the euro-area crisis, domestic supply constraints, and intensified strikes and unrests underpin the growth slowdown. Strong remittances and robust service ...
Annually, Bangladesh loses over US dollar 700 million in GDP to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Scaling up core micronutrient interventions would cost less than US dollar 65 million per year. Overall prevalence...
Bangladesh reduced poverty almost twice as fast than the rest of the world. There is potential to capture at least 15 million jobs and reach 8 percent growth in the medium-term, along with remarkable progress on achieving the MDGs. Read More »
Bangladesh’s Resilience On Trial Again
May 21, 2013
How to Upgrade Housing in Informal Settlements?
May 20, 2013
One million new jobs are needed each month to sustain growth and reduce poverty in South Asia. The region will be the largest contributor to the global workforce over the next two decades. Read More »