Bangladesh

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Luong,

Back-ground

* President: Abdul Hamid (2013)

* Land area: 133,911 sq km

* Population 161,083,804

* Capital: Dhaka, population 10 million

* Government: Parliamentary democracy

* Bangladesh is part of the historic region of Bengal, the northeast portion of

the Indian subcontinent.

* Bangladesh consists primarily of East Bengal; plus the Sylhet district of the

Indian state of Assam.

* The earliest reference to the region was to a kingdom called Vanga, or

Banga (1000 B.C. ).

* In 1576, Bengal became part of the Mogul Empire, and the majority of East

Bengalis converted to Islam.

* Bengal was ruled by British India from 1757 until Britain withdrew in 1947.

* In 1971, culminating Bangladesh Liberation War from Pakistan.

Nearly 150 million inhabitants on a landmass of 147,570 square kilometers.

Half of its 160 million people still live below the poverty line, with about 80% of the poor in rural areas.

*Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXpezvUwaxA

Type International organization

Establishment 1944

Purpose/focus Crediting

Headquarter of-fice Washington, D.C., U.S.

Membership

188 countries (IBRD)-International Bank for Reconstruction and Devel-opment172 countries (IDA)- International Development Association

President Jim Yong Kim

Main organ Board of Directors

Parent organiza-tion World Bank Group

Website worldbank.org

*World Bank

*Eco-nomicSupport

2002. US$200 million

2011. US$120 million

(to support the development of economic zones(EZ) in Bangladesh)

Helped Things to World Bank and IDA

*Employ-ment Pol-icy Employment Generation Program

for the Poorest.

IDA credit :

US$150 million equiva-lent

Skills and Training Enhancement Project.

Total Project Cost :

US$ 88.00  mil-lion

*Other Support

Support for local power genera-tion

IDA credit :

US$130 million

Rural Water Supply and Sanita-tion Project

US$75 Million 

* 1. Education

Results

Girls 98%

Primary School

1991 Present0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

uneducatededucated

Secondary School

Over 6million

* 2. Health

Infant and child mortality reduction

Vaccination nearly 80%

2/3Since 1990

Vitamin A over

90%

Children

* 3. Rural Infrastructure

Improve Rural Road more than 2500Km

Female employment increased by 50%The share of farmers’ non-agricultural assetsIncreased 25-50%

Almost doubled of poverty reduction in the project area

* 4. Energy

20%-30% of power generated in country are accounted 630 000 rural homes are connected

750 000 household in remote rural area have installed solar home system.

*Results

5. Flood-protection (flood control)  About 90 flood risk rehabilitation infrastructure subpro-jects have been established in the flood-affected area, and potentially 30,000 families could benefit from the en-hanced quality of life and risk reduction measures.

6. Credit and training boosted micro-busi-ness (micro-enterprise) About 300,000 members have accessed financial re-sources to launch activities that generate income. In partnership with the garment industry, Grameenphone, and G-4 Security Services, the project trained village youth prior to job placement in order to build their inter-personal and professional skills, which has contributed to their ongoing successful employment.

7. The poorest received a needed economic boost

*Results

received a needed economic boost. Nearly 22,275 of the poorest and most vulnerable individuals have received occupational skills training and one-time grants for in-come generation.

Current Economy in Bangladesh

EEarly2013

• Its national main industry has been clothes industry.• There are also fertilizer, paper, drug and etc indus-

tries.• The economy was expected to be improved.

AfterBuild-

ing De-struc-tion

(2013.4.26)

• Many foreign clothes corporations began to stop subcontracting Bangladesh.

Now

• As the main industry has been hit, the economy prospects are getting worse.

What are you thinking when you see this picture?

Improvement in Bangladesh-Reduce Agricultural population -> expand working population

-liliteracy rate 60% -> “education”

-chavirable productivity of agriculture -> improvement working environment -depand on foreign capital and aid -> develop national wealth

Thank you