Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Lecture, Oslo, December 10, 2006  
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Call for Abstracts for First National Conference on CBA to Climate Change
Action Research for Community Adaptation in Bangladesh (ARCAB), which is a long term
research program on Community Based Adaptation (CBA) to climate change, jointly
managed by Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) and the International Institute
for Environment and Development (IIED), is looking for abstracts for its first national
conference on CBA to climate change. Abstract should be submitted by 31st January 2012.
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January 3, 2012: Development Bibliography reaches over 18,000 entries
The BDRC’s fully searchable Bangladesh Development Bibliography, which is the world’s
largest list of books, journal articles, working papers, reports, etc. relevant for Bangladesh’s
development published in this Millennium (since January 1, 2000) has surpassed 18,000
entries.
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December 10, 2011: Human Rights Day
Recognizing Human Rights Day 2011, the BDRC provides new publications related to
human rights in Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh in the 21st century: Democracy, Education and Economy
University Press Ltd. (UPL), Bangladesh’s premier book publisher, published three volumes
of papers written for and presented at two conferences organized at Harvard University:  
“Bangladesh in the 21st Century” held on June 13-14, 2008, and “Ideas and Innovations for
the Development of Bangladesh: The Next Decade” held on October 9-10, 2009. The on
Bangladesh’s future with regards to democracy, education, and economy. Respectively, the
three volumes are entitled as “Democracy in Bangladesh: Political Dimensions of National
Development”, “Education and National Development”, and “Bangladesh Economy in the
21st Century”.
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HDI 2011: Despite progress, falling behind in relative terms
Bangladesh’s Human Development Index (HDI) has increased significantly from 0.496 in
UNDP’s Human Development Report (HDR) 2010, to 0.500 in the HDR 2011. However,
largely due to the inclusion of many more advanced countries in this year’s HDI, Bangladesh
fell behind in relative terms (from being ranked 129th among 169 countries in the HDR
2010, to being ranked 146th among 187 countries in the HDR 2011). Furthermore,
Bangladesh also fell further behind India, as India’s HDI increased from 0.542 in 2010 to
0.547 in 2011. However, as a more detailed analysis shows, this falling behind India is due
to a lower increase in Bangladesh’s gross national income (GNI) per capita relative to that of
India’s increase in GNI per capita. Indeed, looking at the non-income HDI, Bangladesh has
basically caught up with India as Bangladesh’s non-income HDI increased from 0.543 in
2010 to 0.566 in 2011, while India’s non-income HDI increased from 0.549 in 2010 to 0.568
in 2011.
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December 01, 2011: World AIDS Day
Recognizing World AIDS Day 2011, the BDRC provides new publications related to HIV/AIDS
in Bangladesh.
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December 01, 2011: Bangladesh makes progress with reducing corruption
According to Transparency International’s 2011 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), released
today, Bangladesh made some progress with reducing corruption, and especially if
comparing Bangladesh with other countries. While Bangladesh was ranked 134th among
179 countries in the 2010 CPI, it now ranks 120th among 183 countries. Bangladesh shares
the 120th position with 8 other countries (Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Iran, Kazakhstan,
Mongolia, Mozambique, and the Solomon Islands). Still, corruption continues to hamper
Bangladesh’s development prospects. For example, the World Bank suspended its US$1.2
billion financing for the Padma bridge project on October 10, 2011 (based on charges of
corruption in river dredging, the appointment of consultants and the selection of preliminary
contractors in the project). Following the WB, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) also deferred their loans for the project.
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November 30, 2011: Germany wants stronger relations with Bangladesh
Visiting German President Christian Wulff said yesterday his country would explore new
areas of cooperation with Bangladesh in trade, investment and power.
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November 25, 2011: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Recognizing International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the BDRC
provides new publications related to violence against women in Bangladesh.
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