Bangladesh and ADB
In the Spotlight
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Public Financial Management Systems of Bangladesh
This report provides project teams and consultants with a better understanding of financial management systems to improve the quality of financial management assessments during project preparation in Bangladesh.
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ADB, Citi Partner on New Risk Product to Help SMEs
ADB, through its Trade Finance Program (TFP), has signed a $100 million agreement with Citi to share risk on a funded basis on underlying trade finance transactions to further support trade in developing markets across Asia, including Bangladesh.
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President Nakao on Bangladesh Meeting the Criteria for Least Developed Country Graduation
ADB President Takehiko Nakao congratulates Bangladesh for meeting the criteria for least developed country graduation. ADB will keep helping Bangladesh’s continued economic and social progress through supporting railway, water and sewage, electricity, education and health, and promoting reforms.
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Bangladesh: Partnering for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth
ADB has been contributing to economic development and reforms in Bangladesh, with a cumulative assistance of 265 loans and 419 technical assistance projects as of December 2016.
From 1990 to 2015, Bangladesh halved its incidence of poverty—meeting one of its core Millennium Development Goals—and gained lower-middle-income status in 2015. The country’s economic growth has been robust over the past decade, and was almost double the global average in the fiscal year that ended on 30 June 2015.
In 2015, the Government of Bangladesh developed its Seventh Five-Year Plan. The plan covers FY2016–FY2020 and aims for Bangladesh to reach the middle-income level by 2021.
In recent years, ADB development efforts in Bangladesh have focused on energy security, transport services and connectivity, education and skills development, water resources management, urban infrastructure, and finance.
Bangladesh is a member of the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) program.
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Project teams and consultants need a better understanding of Bangladesh’s financial management systems to improve the quality of financial management assessments during preparation of ADB-funded projects and programs.
Public Financial Management Systems - Bangladesh: Key Elements from a Financial Management Perspective
Strategies for Providing Social Protection for All
Well-structured and administered social protection programs are both financially feasible and socially and economically beneficial.
South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation countries have to invest in improving connectivity to reduce transport times and increase reliability to major markets.
Trade Costs, Time, and Supply Chain Reliability
Projects in Bangladesh
Proposed
- Third Public-Private Infrastructure Development Facility-Tranche 2
- Regional Power Generation and Transmission Project (formerly Energy Efficiency Improvement Project II)
- Market and Value Chain Infrastructure Development Project
- City Region Development Project II
- Rural Connectivity Improvement Project
Approved/Active
- Enhancing ADB’s Support for Social Protection to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
- Advancing Inclusive and Resilient Urban Development Targeted at the Urban Poor
- Cornerstone Investment in a Leading Power Developer
- Secondary Education Sector Investment Program - Tranche 3
- Railway Rolling Stock Operations Improvement Project
Closed
- Market and Value Chain Infrastructure Development Project
- Railway Sector Investment Program - Tranche 4 (Additional Financing)
- Applying Space-Based Technology and Information and Communication Technology to Strengthen Disaster Resilience
- SASEC Bangladesh India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project II
- Asian Development Outlook 2015
