Healthy forests are critical for
livelihoods for forest dependent communities. About 19
million Bangladeshis depend on forests for their
livelihoods. Yet, the forest...
Type: BriefReport#: 186730Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Bangladesh has witnessed notable
improvements in health, nutrition, and population (HNP)
outcomes over the past decade, especially among urban
populations. Between 2007...
Type: BriefReport#: 186684Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Poverty rates in Bangladesh have
declined at an impressive rate in the last two decades.
Despite these achievements, a number of challenges remain.
Most of the country’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 186692Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Access to water, sanitation, and hygiene
(WASH) services in rural Bangladesh has improved much over
time, but significant challenges remain to achieve the
United Nations’...
Type: BriefReport#: 186696Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
In recent years, the power generation
capacity has significantly increased in Bangladesh.
Proportionate investments in the transmission and
distribution segments are...
Type: BriefReport#: 186701Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Development of a robust insurance sector
is highly important for Bangladesh sustainable economic
growth, social inclusion and protection of people and
businesses from...
Type: BriefReport#: 186720Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) has
sought to digitalize government and public services to
citizens and businesses, as well as prepare the overall
economy for the...
Type: BriefReport#: 186728Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Through grant financing, the World Bank
is helping Bangladesh provide basic services and build
disaster and social resilience for nearly a million
displaced Rohingya...
Type: BriefReport#: 186734Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Government of Bangladesh currently
implements several public workfare and humanitarian
assistance programs to support the poorest populations
during periods of seasonal...
Type: BriefReport#: 186685Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Bangladesh has made significant progress
in economic growth and poverty reduction over the past
decades. This has been accompanied by improvements in
maternal and child...
Type: BriefReport#: 186688Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Bangladesh has long been among the
leading countries to expand off-grid solar home systems in
the countryside. But the country has significant potential
to scale up...
Type: BriefReport#: 186699Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Bangladesh is a country known for its
resilience and vibrant culture. But despite having a
distinct advantage with its demographic dividend, the
country is finding it...
Type: BriefReport#: 186680Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Bangladesh has made remarkable progress
in improving key health indicators, including significantly
reducing maternal mortality and under-5 child mortality. The
progress...
Type: BriefReport#: 186682Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Bangladesh has made commendable progress
over in achieving food security, despite frequent natural
disasters and population growth. Food grain production has
tripled...
Type: BriefReport#: 186689Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The deepening relationship among the
countries of eastern South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
and Nepal) on regional trade and transport is reflected by
the increasing...
Type: BriefReport#: 186714Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Bangladesh has built an extensive
network of cyclone shelters that has played a crucial role
in the successful effort to protect people from the cyclones
in the coastal...
Type: BriefReport#: 186722Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Bangladesh’s public financial
management (PFM) reform journey started in 1989-1990 with
the Committee on Reforms in Budgeting and Expenditure
Control (CORBEC)....
Type: BriefReport#: 186726Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Bangladesh is a deltaic country
consisting of floodplains created by over 400 rivers and
channels. Flooding in Bangladesh is common, recurring with
varying magnitude...
Type: BriefReport#: 186733Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Education develops children’s
latent capabilities, contributes to a skilled workforce and
acts as a powerful tool for reducing poverty, increasing
shared prosperity...
Type: BriefReport#: 186676Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Livestock and Dairy Development
Project (LDDP) aims to improve productivity, market access,
and resilience of smallholder farmers and agro-entrepreneurs
in the livestock...
Type: BriefReport#: 186690Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
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