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| “Poverty is a Threat to Peace” |
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| _________________________________________________ March 8, 2010: International Women’s Day Recognizing International Women’s Day 2010, the BDRC provides a list of recent publications related to women in Bangladesh. LEARN MORE ---> ____________________________________________________________________ The Threat from Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh The International Crisis Group released today (March 1, 2010) a new report, stating that the Bangladesh government has taken steps to dismantle the terrorist group Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), but it should not take its demise for granted: the organization is regrouping and the possibility of another attack is increasing. Despite two government crackdowns since 2005, the organization continues to recruit, train and raise funds. Although JMB is a much weaker force due to the arrest of hundreds of its members and the execution of its original leadership council, it remains a potent threat with a proven capacity to regenerate. LEARN MORE ---> ____________________________________________________________________ Ensuring Debt Sustainability in Low Income Countries (LICs) On February 22, 2010, Dr. Bernhard Gunter, President of the BDRC, made a presentation (see PDF) at the UNCTAD Expert Group Meeting in Geneva. The presentation focused on a review of the projections for LICs based on the IMF’s WEO of October 2009, a mini-review of the current debt sustainability framework for LICs, and some recent suggestions. LEARN MORE ---> ____________________________________________________________________ February 21, 2010: Bangladeshi Language Martyrs’ Day Recognizing Bangladeshi Language Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day (February 21, 2010) the BDRC provides recent developmental publications related to Bangladesh’s Mother Language. LEARN MORE ---> ____________________________________________________________________ Is there an emerging East-West economic divide within Bangladesh? A new World Bank research paper by Aphichoke Kotikula, Ambar Narayan and Hassan Zaman finds that while most regions in the east have reduced their economic gaps with the Dhaka region since 2000, much of the west and southwest have stagnated or fallen behind. The paper, which analyzes the latest poverty profile of Bangladesh, shows that the spatial distribution of poverty seen in earlier decades has changed and that the drivers of poverty reduction are different in several respects. LEARN MORE ---> (pdf) ____________________________________________________________________ February 16, 2010: Donors Endorsed US$9.5 Billion Energy Investment Plan International donors endorsed Bangladesh's US$9.5 billion investment plan to generate 7,000 megawatts of electricity by 2013. The Bangladesh Development Forum unanimously endorsed Bangladesh’s plan to double the present power generation capacity within the next four years. The increase in electricity supply is considered a necessary condition to achieve at least 8 percent economic growth and thus alleviate massive poverty. LEARN MORE ---> ____________________________________________________________________ February 15, 2010: Campaign to Vaccinate Children against Measles More than 20 million Bangladeshi children will be vaccinated against measles over the next two weeks as part of a campaign backed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to try to eradicate the deadly disease in the South Asian nation. An estimated 50,000 health-care workers and 600,000 volunteers and NGO staff have been recruited for the immunization project. LEARN MORE ---> ____________________________________________________________________ Previous Hot Topics / Features |
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