Bangladesh Development Resources Organizations

Bangladesh Development
Research Center (BDRC)

“Bangladesh has a good story to tell the global audience, a story
of positive social transformation and development reforms and
innovative changes through ideas that have evolved domestically”

Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury (January 21, 2008)
[Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare & Overseas Employment;
2007-2008 Caretaker Government]
(http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=20124).

Developmental Organizations

a) Excluding government agencies, there are more than 500 developmental
organizations in Bangladesh

For details, please see Directory of Developmental Organizations, Vol. II.A (Asia and the Middle
East), 2008 edition; available at: http://www.devdir.org/
For a relatively detailed description of organizations working on HIV/AIDS, see: Compendium of
Institutions in Bangladesh: http://www.searo.who.int/LinkFiles/Initiatives_compendiumBAN.pdf

Some of the most prominent (non-governmental, non-international) developmental
organizations/networks of Bangladesh are:

Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS): http://www.bcas.net/
Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI): http://www.bei-bd.org/
Bangladesh Institute for Development Studies (BIDS): http://www.bids-bd.org/
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS): http://www.biiss.org/
BRAC (formerly: Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee): http://www.brac.net/
Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad (BUP) http://www.bup-bd.org/index.php
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD): http://www.cpd-bangladesh.org/
D.Net (Development Research Network): http://www.dnet-bangladesh.org/
Grameen Bank: http://www.grameen-info.org/
Policy Research Institute (PRI): http://www.pri-bd.org/
Research Initiatives, Bangladesh (RIB): http://www.rib-bangladesh.org/
Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) Bangladesh: http://www.sdnbd.org/

b) For the 32 Bangladesh-based representatives of bilateral and multilateral
donors, please see: http://www.lcgbangladesh.org/

c) Organizations Outside Bangladesh
Excluding the many bilateral and multilateral donors and aid organizations, some of the organizations
specifically related to Bangladesh development issues are:

American Association of Bangladeshi Engineers and Architects (AABEA): http://aabeat.com/cms/
American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS): http://www.aibs.net/
Anwarul Quadir Foundation (AQF): http://www.quadir.org/
Association for Economic & Development Studies on Bangladesh: http://www.aedsb.org/
Bangladesh Development Initiative (BDI): http://www.bdiusa.org/
Bangladesh Development Research Center (BDRC): http://www.bangladeshstudies.org/
Bangladeshi American Foundation, Inc. (BAFI): http://www.bafi.org/
Grameen Bank Support Group Australia: http://www.grambangla.com/
Grameen Foundation: http://www.grameenfoundation.org/
NETZ Partnerschaft für Entwicklung und Gerechtigkeit e.V.: http://www.netz-bangladesh.de/
US-Bangladesh Advisory Council: http://www.usbac.org/

Note: Like the BDRC, most of these organizations provide links to broader resources & information about
Bangladesh, for example, the BDI provides: Res ources on Bangladesh on the Web

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