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Oct 2, 2019 · Announced in 2008 and officially launched by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2009, the Digital Bangladesh Vision identifies human resource development, connecting citizens, digital government and the aforementioned promotion of the ICT industry as critical to meeting these transformation targets.
Feb 16, 2024 · Bangladesh’s GDP grew from $18 billion in 1980 to $460 billion in 2022 and it is today among the world’s most important textile and apparel exporters. Now, IFC is helping to accelerate what may be the next great industrial transformation. This evolution looks southward toward Africa, where circumstances are ripe for sustainable and ...
Oct 4, 2019 · Beyond our own 162 million people, Bangladesh can be the connecting landmass to a combined market of nearly 3 billion people. Last year, HSBC predicted that Bangladesh would be the 26th-largest economy in the world, by 2030. Two things are key: one is our open society, religious harmony, liberal values and secular culture.
Jan 18, 2022 · 4 things to know about financing sustainable development. Since its founding in 1971, Bangladesh has emerged from overwhelming poverty to be proclaimed by The World Bank in 2020 as 'a model for poverty reduction'. It achieved the highest cumulative GDP growth globally from 2010 to 2020 and is now on course to become a developed country by 2041.
Jan 6, 2022 · As Bangladesh prepares to release a new five-year national power plan early next year, researchers are urging the government to boost clean energy and pursue policies that would help secure a green and socially just transition for the South Asian nation. Today, only about 3.5% of the country's power comes from renewable sources, a figure the ...
Sep 3, 2021 · Detailed country research by The Global Hunger Index (2018) classifies food security concerns in Bangladesh as ‘serious’. As the chart below shows, a lack of nutritional food causes stunting in 36.1% of the child population and wasting in 14.3% of children. Child mortality as a result of malnutrition stood at 3.4% in 2018.
Jan 15, 2024 · Here's how a community in Bangladesh saved its life-giving forest. Crop insurance is also crucial, to support farmers to absorb increasing climate shocks. More than half the world’s countries have government agriculture insurance programmes, and most of those subsidize premiums. Only four countries in Africa, however, have them.
Feb 26, 2020 · Bangladesh. Bangladesh is growing rapidly due to smart use of technology to drive a digital transformation. The digital inclusion strategy aims to promote the uptake of mobile money. Technology is improving the accessibility, quality and affordability of health services. Bangladesh is continuing its strong development trajectory, marching ahead ...
Aug 31, 2022 · For the fast-developing South Asian nations like Bangladesh, solar power has brought benefits for citizens while creating jobs. Image: Unsplash/Sazzad Bin Jafor. Rising fuel prices can drive power cuts and reliance on home solar in Bangladesh. Rooftop solar systems have high potential in the country, experts say.
Jun 19, 2019 · As a result, Bangladesh has already become the second-largest supplier of online labour, according to the Oxford Internet Institute (OII). About 500,000 active freelancers are working regularly, out of 650,000 registered freelancers in the country; between them they are generating $100 million annually, according to the ICT Division of Bangladesh.
