These brief highlights the key outcomes and lessons learned from the assistance that the World Bank provided to the Romanian Government to strengthen its capacity to manage the implementation of the National...
Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Projected increase in temperatures can lead to more intense and unpredictable rainfalls during the monsoon season, there is higher probability...
Demand for higher education has been rising in Bangladesh. In recent years, the changing nature of work, along with technological acceleration, has increased the demand for high-level skills and technically...
While Bangladesh significantly increased power generation capacity and access to electricity in recent years, the country still faces challenges to ensure quality and reliability of power supply. Unreliable...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, communities around Bangladeshi cities and towns experienced highly negative health impacts, jobs and livelihood losses, and a deterioration of basic services. Urban local...
Microenterprises diversify economic activity and contribute significantly to poverty alleviation. In Bangladesh, half of population depend on 9 million existing microenterprises for their livelihoods...
In Bangladesh, strong labor market gains contributed to a sharp decline in poverty, with the national poverty rate falling from 48.9 to 24.5 percent between 2000 and 2016, while extreme poverty declined...
The capital Dhaka is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Its rapid population growth led to inadequate infrastructures and service deliveries resulting in poor living conditions. Dhaka...
Quality statistics are necessary for development and poverty reduction efforts. Timely and accurate statistics provide evidence for policy decisions. Bangladesh is taking steps to enhance the availability...
Healthy forests are critical for livelihoods for forest dependent communities. About 19 million Bangladeshis depend on forests for their livelihoods. Yet, the forest cover is decreasing: the proportion...
The Government of Bangladesh currently implements several public workfare and humanitarian assistance programs to support the poorest populations during periods of seasonal unemployment and to provide...
Bangladesh has made significant progress in economic growth and poverty reduction over the past decades. This has been accompanied by improvements in maternal and child health outcomes. Prevalence of stunting...
Bangladesh has long been among the leading countries to expand off-grid solar home systems in the countryside. But the country has significant potential to scale up grid-connected renewable energy for...
With the rapid economic progress in recent decades, and increasing adoption of technological solutions by major industries, Bangladesh will need to prepare its youth, the new entrants in the job market...
In the last decade, Bangladesh achieved a more than fourfold increase in electricity generation capacity and delivered electricity connections to more than 99 percent of its population. The Bangladesh...
Conscious of both its increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions levels, the Government of Bangladesh committed to achieving an ambitious climate change agenda. The government revised its Nationally Determined...
Bangladesh has made great strides in developing an extensive road transport system. Yet, poor quality of construction and maintenance of the primary, secondary and tertiary road network is common, resulting...
In recent years, the manufacturing - particularly the readymade garments (RMG) sector - has been a major driver of the economic growth. It employs more than four million workers, most of whom are women...
As per World Bank estimates, air pollution and lead exposure are responsible for more than one-fifth of the premature deaths in Bangladesh (2019). Strong environmental regulations, strict environmental...
Bangladesh has shown great generosity by providing shelter to around 1.1 million Displaced Rohingya People (DRP) in Cox’s Bazar district. This has placed immense strain on existing infrastructure and social...