The broad purpose of the LGED implemented subprojects under Second Small Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project (SSWRDSP-2) was to improve water management, flood management, drainage improvement, water conservation and command area development, benefiting a net area of up to...

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Study Team: Dr. M. Asaduzzaman (Team Leader), Dr. S. M .Zahedul Islam Chowdhury (Study Director), Dr. Asif Reza Anik (External Consultant), Dr. Md. Ahiduzzaman (External Consultant)The Project National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP), a five year project in the Phase-1 with the financial...

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The external sector has been playing a prominent role in Bangladesh since the beginningof the meaningful trade liberalization in early 1990s. Total exports of the country as a share of its GDP increased from 6.35 percent in FY1992 to 27.6 percent in FY2012. Recent escalation of GDP growth of the...

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There are about 3290 formal technical and vocational training institutes of which 519 are training institutes affiliated with different Ministries and rest 2771 training institutes within the purview of basic educational program in which the SSC (vocational), HSC (vocational) and business...

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Bangladesh integrated water resources assessment project- major findings [BIDS component of the research was conducted by K M Nabiul Islam, M Asaduzzaman, M K Mujeri, Moogdho M. Mahzab, Morshed Alam, Quazi Shahabuddin and Md Nazrul Islam]Climate change, increasing population and economic growth...

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In order to support four Parliamentary Standing Committees (PSC) on the oversight of budget implementation, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) entered into an agreement with the UNDP to provide necessary consultancy services during May-June, 2014. As per the contract, research team...

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Conducted by: Wajid Hasan ShahResearch Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)Executive Summary:Small and medium enterprise (SME) financing in Bangladesh is witnessing many problems. While access to financing is among the major highlighted issues for SMEs, issues such as lack of...

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Research Team: Mohammad Yunus, Senior Research Fellow, Kazi Ali Toufique, Senior Research Fellow, Nazneen Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow and Moogdho Mim Mahzab, Research Associate. Sponsor: United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Through Development & Training...

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Study Team: Monzur Hossain (Team Leader), Kazi Iqbal, Tata Zafar The present study is conducted to evaluate the impact of Nuton Jibon project, a program for livelihood development of the poor and hardcore poor households, which was initiated in 2007 and previously known as Social Investment...

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Team: Mustafa K. Mujeri, Monzur Hossain, Tahreen Tahrima ChowdhuryThe Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) was established in 1974 with the primary focus on providing training to the bank officials in Bangladesh in order to strengthen and update their skill. BIBM has extended primary...

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