Bangladesh and ADB
In the Spotlight
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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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ADB $100 Million Grant Approved as First Phase of Proposed $200 Million Package for Displaced Persons in Bangladesh Camps
ADB Board of Directors has approved grant assistance of $100 million—the first of an envisaged package totaling $200 million to help the Government of Bangladesh develop basic infrastructure and services for displaced persons.
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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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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
Bangladesh: Throwing a Lifeline to Small Businesses
A partnership between Bangladesh and ADB provided loans to rural and women-owned businesses that struggled to access the credit needed to expand their operations.
This publication showcases stories of successful partnerships between the Asian Development Bank and its member countries in Asia and the Pacific.
Together We Deliver: Results Achieved, Lives Improved
ADB Provides $200 Million to Upgrade Rural Road Network in Bangladesh
The Board of Directors of ADB has approved a finance package totaling more than $200 million to improve the rural road network for 51.5 million people in Bangladesh.
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
- Second City Region Development Project
- Microenterprise Development Project
Approved/Active
- Rural Connectivity Improvement Project
- Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management
- Capacity Development for Renewable Energy Investment Programming and Implementation
- Asian Development Outlook 2019–2021
- Promoting Investments and Economic Growth in Central and West Asia, East Asia, and South Asia Subregions
Closed
- City Region Development Project II
- Market and Value Chain Infrastructure Development Project
- Railway Sector Investment Program - Tranche 4 (Additional Financing)
- Bangladesh Power System Enhancement and Efficiency Improvement Project
- Asian Development Outlook 2016-2018 - Asian Development Outlook 2016 (Subproject 1)
