With 36 percent of the country’s urban
population living in Greater Dhaka, the capital of
Bangladesh has become one of the world’s most densely
populated cities. The...
Bangladesh is well placed to play an
important role in regional trade as a transit country in
South Asia. Geographically, Bangladesh’s location makes the
country a gateway...
Many of the enterprises that make up
Bangladesh’s dominant nonfarm sector (85 percent of GDP) are
located in rural areas (World Bank 2015). Electrifying them
can be...
Type: BriefReport#: 139374Date: July 1, 2019Author:
Samad,Hussain A. ;
Portale,Elisa
Approximately forty million people in
Bangladesh live in urban areas, and twenty-one percent of
them live below the poverty line. Rapid urban growth has put
considerable...
In South Asia, Bangladesh continues to
witness one of the most rapid and unplanned urbanization.
Yet, the cities, especially the district towns and
municipalities offer...
Coastal embankments are an integral part
of the disaster risk reduction program for Bangladesh. There
is clear evidence that embankments provided an effective
buffer...
Bangladesh’s government-owned export
processing zones (EPZs) positively promoted trade and
investment by addressing land scarcity and other policy
constraints. The Private...
Quality statistics are necessary for
development and poverty reduction efforts. They provide
evidence for policy decisions. Recognizing the importance of
timely and...
A sound public financial management
(PFM) system is essential for sound macroeconomic management
and good governance. Over the past two decades, the
government has made...
Improving skills and productivity are
crucial to Bangladesh’s quest to accelerate economic growth
and become an upper middle-income country. However, the
current skill...
Due to its geographical position,
Bangladesh remains vulnerable to climate change and natural
disasters, which often cause damage to the country’s
infrastructure and...
The twelfth Zambia economic brief with a
focus on how Zambia can harness its renewable resources to
promote sustainable growth. This brief is part of a series
of short...
Levels and efficiency of health services
financing in fragile, conflict and violence (FCV) countries
are significantly low. FCV countries face more challenges in
each...
Type: BriefReport#: 139526Date: July 1, 2019Author:
Dong,Di
Under the term “communitization,” in
2002 the state government of Nagaland transferred
responsibility for local services to Village Councils and
sector-specific Committees....
The government of Bangladesh currently
implements several public workfare and humanitarian
assistance programs to support the poorest populations
during periods of seasonal...
Bangladesh has had a long history of
local governance stretching back over one hundred and thirty
years, but it is only recently that local governments are
increasingly...
In a region with a long tradition of
coping with extreme water and weather variability, the
Japan-World Bank DRM Program supported disaster risk
reduction, risk financing,...
While Bangladesh had successfully
reduced extreme poverty in rural areas from 37.9 percent in
2000 to 21.1 percent in 2010, still rural poverty is almost
three times...
The country is self-sufficient in food
production but in the event of significant natural disaster,
progress can be hampered. The Bangladesh weather and climate
services...
Bangladesh is on pace to fulfill its
aspirations to become an upper-middle-income country by
2031. Strong macroeconomic fundamentals, economic
liberalization, trade...
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