Bangladesh and ADB
In the Spotlight
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Improving Lives Together in Bangladesh: 50 Years of the Asian Development Bank
This report highlights the milestones in the Bangladesh-ADB partnership since 1973, including projects that exemplify sustained development results.
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Using Input-Output Analysis Framework to Explain Economic Diversification and Structural Transformation in Bangladesh
Understanding the interlinkages of firms and sectors in the production process and how that leads to higher value added and trade growth has attracted increasing interest.
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How a solar 'swarm' can boost electricity access in rural Bangladesh
The humble solar home system, comprising in its simplest form a panel and battery, has helped millions of families in developing Asia gain access to electricity. In off-grid areas and poor communities, this setup provides a household with enough power for basic needs such as lighting, running a fan, or charging mobile phones.
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Bangladesh: Development Effectiveness Brief 2017
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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Useful for anyone who is interested in food security of individual Asian nations and Asia as a whole, including officials of national governments and international bodies, researchers, and university students.
Food Insecurity in Asia: Why Institutions Matter
ADB Statement on Myanmar
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (18 September 2017) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is deeply concerned about the escalation in violence, internal displacement, and suffering of people in Rakhine State, as well as the consequent flow of refugees to Myanmar’s...
Case studies highlight experiences of six pilot projects on the development of small hybrid renewable energy systems in Asian rural areas and small isolated islands.
Improving Lives of Rural Communities Through Developing Small Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
Projects in Bangladesh
Proposed
- Rural Infrastructure Maintenance Program
- Supporting Fourth Primary Education Development Program
- South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Dhaka-Northwest Corridor Road Project, Phase 2
- South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Dhaka-Northwest Corridor Road Project, Phase 2 - Tranche 1
- Dhaka Metro Project
Approved/Active
- Third Public-Private Infrasctructure Development Facility-Tranche 1
- Third Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project - Additional Financing
- Third Public-Private Infrastructure Development Facility
- Southwest Transmission Grid Expansion Project
- Bangladesh Power System Enhancement and Efficiency Improvement Project
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176
Maternal mortality ratio in Bangladesh, per 100,000 live births (2015)
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1.3%
Average annual population growth rate in Bangladesh (2011-2016)
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31.5%
Population living below the national poverty line in Bangladesh (2015)
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159.89
Population in Bangladesh, in millions (2016)