May 15, 2023 · Curiously, with all the public and private expenditures on digital infrastructure, we are still very far from affordable universal broadband access for educational institutions, teachers and students. In Bangladesh, the cost of infrastructure is estimated to be about $8 billion. Global public-private partnerships are necessary to make this happen.

Nov 19, 2019 · Bangladesh has been classed by the United Nations as one of the world’s least developed countries (LDCs) since 1975, but its current trajectory means it is likely to shed that description by 2024. Graduating from LDC status is a sign that a country’s per capita gross national income, human assets, and resilience to economic and ...

Jan 18, 2022 · Grameen Trust bet on mobile phones in Bangladesh in the mid-90s, transforming the rural economy by creating Grameen Phone, Bangladesh’s most popular mobile phone company. Both Grameen and BRAC have microfinance entities that have scaled the most in the country, bringing financial services to almost 15 million clients at one of the lowest ...

Oct 4, 2019 · In between Eastern and North-East India, China on the west and South-East Asia, Bangladesh merits the attention of global and Indian business as a seamless economic space. We can serve as the economic hub for the sub-region. Beyond our own 162 million people, Bangladesh can be the connecting landmass to a combined market of nearly 3 billion people.

Jun 19, 2019 · Bangladesh is one of the few countries in Asia that has a huge youth population. Of its 163 million people, almost 65% are under the age of 25. This vast, young and strong human resource, however, is still lacking in the knowledge necessary to thrive in …

Mar 4, 2015 · A cyclone like Sidr (once in 10 years) would inundate 88 percent more land in 2050 than it would today and expose 9.7 million people to severe floods more than 3 meters deep. Food shortages, already persistent in Bangladesh, will also worsen with climate change.

Nov 18, 2014 · The MDG stipulates that the proportion of people living in poverty that prevailed in 1990 (57 percent) must be reduced by at least one-half by the year 2015. Under all realistic growth scenarios, the 2015 poverty headcount for Bangladesh will fall well below the MDG target of 28.5 percent.

Jan 15, 2024 · In 2022 alone, flooding destroyed crops that would have been enough to feed 10 million people for a month. The impacts of Cyclone Sidr, which struck Bangladesh’s coast 16 years ago, are still felt today, with salt residue rendering thousands of hectares of land non-arable for much of every year.

Jul 14, 2021 · The World Bank remains a committed financing, knowledge, and policy dialogue partner to enhance girls’ and women’s empowerment through better education, training, and jobs. Coupled with the country’s own sustained efforts and investments for children and young people, Bangladesh can continue to be a regional and global success story.

Jan 13, 2020 · Off-grid solar home systems are improving living standards for people in rural areas of Bangladesh. Bangladesh has one of the world’s largest domestic solar energy programmes. Solar power is changing the lives of 20 million people in rural areas, who can now work, study and go out after dark.