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| “The subject of rural unemployment as well as of low productivity rural employment remains relevant even now.” |
| Nurul Islam (2003) Exploration in Development Issues, page 4 . |
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development of nations. The BDRC is formally recognized as a tax exempt public charity under Section
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research and/or development work at various universities and international organizations (including the
African Development Bank, the International Labor Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the World Bank).
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the BDRC does not have members; instead, it is governed by a Board of Directors.
The BDRC supports the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. The BDRC believes strongly that the
Bangladeshi people are able to lead their country's development policies and strategies. The BDRC supports
capacity building as well as indigenous knowledge.
The BDRC is an independent research organization. The BDRC does not get involved in politics, neither
in Bangladesh, nor in any other country. Therefore, the BDRC does not accept any funds from a) the
Government of Bangladesh and b) from any political party in Bangladesh or any other country.
The BDRC is run by volunteers/unpaid staff. Since its creation in 2007, the BDRC has never paid any of
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$1000). Thus far, more than 100 persons have provided their expertise to the BDRC for free. However, we
have some costs related to professional services provided to the BDRC, like the hosting of the BDRC
website).
The BDRC is interested to cooperate with developmental research organizations, think tanks, and
foundations in Bangladesh and elsewhere. The first formal agreement for some cooperation has been signed
between the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) and the Bangladesh Development Research
Center (BDRC) on August 28, 2007 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The BDRC is interested to cooperate with all
bilateral and multilateral donors and development agencies working on and in Bangladesh. Thanks to many
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The BDRC welcomes comments and suggestions as well as alerts from researchers about missing or
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information.
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