Catalog

Bangladesh
Gender, Poverty, and the Millennium Development Goals

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Contents

Abbreviations

Executive Summary

1. Overview
   


1. Recent Trends and Progress
2. Continuing Challenges
3. Policy Environment of the Government of Bangladesh
4. Contributions of Other Stakeholders
   
   
2. Poverty Reduction and the Millennium Development Goals
   
   
1. Promotion of Economic Growth and Incomes - MDG 1 (Eradication of Hunger and Extreme Poverty through Increased Household Income)
   
   
   1. Gender and Income Poverty
   2. Gender, Consumption, and Malnutrition
      
      
2. Human Development and Poverty Reduction
   
   
   1. Education - MDG 2 (Achieve Universal Primary Education)
   2. Health - MDGs 4 (Reduce Child Mortality) and 5 (Improve Maternal Health)
   3. Combating HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Other Diseases - MDG 6
   4. Environmental Protection - MDG 7 (Ensure Environmental Sustainability)
   5. Gender and Women's Empowerment - MDG 3 (Balanced Ratio between Girls and Boys in Primary and Secondary Education)
      
      
3. ADB and Gender Mainstreaming
   
   
   
   1. Increasing Women's Access to Services and Skills
   2. Provision of Appropriate Infrastructure and Services for Women to Increase Income
   3. Promoting Women's Employment
   4. Governance to Improve Provision of Services
   5. Contributions to the National Action Plan
   6. Additional Activities
   7. Overall Assessment
      
      
4. Gender and Development Strategy 2005-2010
   
   
   1. Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
   2. Good Governance
   3. Private Sector Development
   4. Regional Cooperation
   5. Policy Dialogue
   6. Implementation of the Gender Strategy

Bibliography

Annex A. Statistical Tables

Table 1: Incidence of Poverty by Sex of Head of Household - 1988-2000
Table 2: Average Monthly Income (taka) per Household, 1988-89 and 2000
Table 3: Percent of Paid Salaried Workers by Monthly Income, Sex, and Residence 1999-2000
Table 4: Literacy Rate of Population Aged 15+ 1974-2001

Annex B. Donor Support

Annex C. Persons Met during Gender Assessment Mission in August 2003

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