Bangladesh and ADB
In the Spotlight
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Asian Development Bank and Bangladesh: Fact Sheet
ADB has been a development partner of Bangladesh since 1973 and has committed a total of $22.9 billion for 282 loans, $269.18 million for 429 technical assistance projects, and $931.5 million for 44 grant projects.
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Government of Bangladesh Signs PPP Contract for Dhaka Bypass
The Government of Bangladesh has signed a concession contract with a consortium of companies from the People’s Republic of China to upgrade the Dhaka Bypass under a public–private partnership (PPP) arrangement.
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Bangladesh: COBP 2019–2021
The new Country Operations Business Plan (COBP) focuses on the country partnership strategy’s five priority investment areas: (i) easing infrastructure constraints, (ii) improving human capital, (iii) promoting economic corridor development, (iv) improving rural livelihoods, and (v) providing climate- and disaster-resilient infrastructure and services.
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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.
Latest
The real effective exchange rate, the level of education, trade openness, and political stability are positively associated with remittance inflows.
Determinants of International Remittance Inflows in Middle-Income Countries in Asia and the Pacific
This publication presents information on the status of the public–private partnership (PPP) environment in 12 ADB member countries.
Public–Private Partnership Monitor (Second Edition)
13th Informal Meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Finance Ministers - Shixin Chen
Speech by Shixin Chen, ADB Vice President (Operations 1), at the 13th Informal Meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Finance Ministers on 2 May 2019 in Nadi, Fiji
Projects in Bangladesh
Proposed
- Third Public-Private Infrastructure Development Facility-Tranche 2
- Regional Power Generation and Transmission Project (formerly Energy Efficiency Improvement Project II)
- Second City Region Development Project
- South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Chittagong Port Enhancement Project, Phase 1
- SASEC Third Bangladesh India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project
Approved/Active
- Deploying Solar Systems at Scale
- Strengthening Human Resources and Leadership for Education
- South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Chittagong-Cox's Bazar Railway Project, Phase 1 - Tranche 2
- Sustaining Climate and Disaster Risk Resilient and Low Carbon Development in South Asia
- Second PRAN Agribusiness Project
