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Alternative Credit Scoring: Collaterising Data for MSE Financing
The Business Finance for the Poor in Bangladesh (BFP-B) is a 25 million-pound programme to increase access to finance for micro and small enterprises. BFP-B has assisted financial sector regulators to develop regulation and common industry infrastructure that make
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A roadmap for sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis
The Daily Star in association with North South University (NSU) organised a roundtable titled “A roadmap for sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis” on September 24, 2019. Here we publish a summary of the discussion.
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Patterns and effects of climate change in the north-west Bangladesh and its policy implications
Bangladesh is one of the worst sufferers of climate change. The north-west part of Bangladesh has improved a lot in the last few years in terms of both poverty and employment but the adverse impacts of climate change are putting our progress at risk.
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Affordable homes for all
A comprehensive policy taking into account the interests of landowners, builders, financiers and prospective homeowners can give a boost to the housing sector and enable more people to own homes, said industry players and financiers yesterday.
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Bangladesh as the next destination: Deepening economic ties with Japan
Japan has been a trustworthy and dependable friend since the birth of Bangladesh. It gives Bangladesh immense pride and confidence
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Creating blended finance architecture for catalysing impact investment in Bangladesh
Over the last four years, BFP-B has made three investments in Alternative Investment Vehicles (AIV). We did this to find an alternative
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Role of family and religious values in preventing violent extremism
It’s been quite some time now since we have noticed the rise of militancy and violent extremism in the country. The Holey Artisan
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Realising the unfinished agenda of ICPD in Bangladesh
The 25th anniversary of the ICPD (International Conference on Population and Development) is a momentous occasion to assess what Bangladesh has done so far and what we need to do for the future regarding population issues. It seems that earlier, we were very intense on population
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Belt and Road Initiative: Perspective from Bangladesh
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a major undertaking. In the words of President Xi Jinping “This is the project of the century”. It
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Win back trust to thrive
Bangladesh’s financial sector is suffering from a crisis of trust among savers in the face of continued governance failure, said top
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Skills strategies for jobs
A central focus of BYLC’s work over the past decade has been in instilling values of public service in youth and equipping them with leadership skills. After having trained more than 4,000 youth, another major strand of our work now is in ensuring livelihood for them.
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People’s participation, democracy and local governance: Features of democracy in Switzerland and Bangladesh
Democracy is under a lot of pressure globally.
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Way to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Sector Wide Approach (SWAp): Opportunities and Challenges
The topic of discussion today is technical and vocational education. We would like to talk about how development partners, private
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Promoting eco-friendly production process in the RMG sector
The key question of today’s discussion is how we can sustain the growth of the RMG sector and yet protect our natural resources. We are most concerned about water. The Daily Star has written umpteen times about pollution of water sources due to inefficient management of industrial wastes.
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The Security Implications of Climate Change
Bangladesh is identified as one of the most vulnerable countries to the impact of climate change. Every aspect of our life will be
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Weather index-based insurance for mitigating agricultural risks in Bangladesh
Weather index-based insurance is one of BFP-B’s 30 live innovation-investments in Bangladesh. We do rigorous impact assessments
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Women's Football : Success, challenges and impact beyond the pitch
[Hasanuzzaman Khan] Bablu bhai asked me in 2001 to form a team from BJMC to play an exhibition match -- the first ever by a Bangladesh women’s team -- against a West Bengal side. We lost and it hurt when we conceded goals, but I knew that I was a part of Bangladesh football history.
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Achieving sustainable development through entrepreneurship and innovation
My diverse job experiences have helped me to work towards entrepreneurship and women's empowerment. Bangladesh is on the way
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Indo-Pacific Strategy: Implications for the Region
The Daily Star and Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) jointly organised a roundtable titled “Indo-Pacific Strategy: Implications for the Region” on March 04, 2019. Here we publish a summary of the discussion.
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Gender-based Violence in Development and Humanitarian Settings
Gender Based Violence (GBV) is not uncommon in humanitarian settings or humanitarian emergencies, i.e. armed conflicts or natural
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Election Manifesto of the Political Parties and Right to Food Act
Prior to our national election, we would like to draw the attention of our political parties to include the demand for the enactment of the Right to Food Act in their election manifestos.
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Recognition of Women's Unaccounted Work
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, which begins on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25 and ends on International Human Rights Day on December 10, is a time to galvanise action to end violence against women and girls around the world.
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Pneumonia: The forgotten killer of children
The Government is providing routine immunisation services across the country, and the country is having consistently good coverage of vaccines.
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Public-Private Partnership in Technical and Vocational Education and Training to Promote Industry Relevant Skills
Bangladesh is doing quite well in terms of general education but we are lagging behind in skills development.
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Digitalization for Life
We all would agree that digital disruption has been impacting almost all our businesses with different levels of intensity. Smartphones and social media have also been driving prominent changes in consumer behaviors.
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Safe Spaces for Youth
An interactive and lively discussion, on the importance of creating safe spaces for youth in Bangladesh, took place at the roundtable jointly organised by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and The Daily Star on the occasion of International Youth Day 2018.
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Closing the Gaps for a Better Work Environment
Bangladesh has witnessed its best times in terms of economic growth in the last decade or so. Now is the most opportune moment to amplify its growth by efficiently focusing on the skills gaps prevailing at different areas.
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Building Payment Ecosystem for Digital Bangladesh
The Daily Star and Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB) organised a roundtable titled “Building payment ecosystem for digital Bangladesh: Challenges and opportunities” on July 30, 2018. Here we publish a summary of the discussion.
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Good agricultural practices for ensuring food safety
We can be rightly proud of our agricultural sector in Bangladesh. Even when we were one-third of the current population in the initial days post-independence, we were the gross importers of food grains.
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Agent Banking: Becoming a strong source of deposit for banks in Bangladesh
Business Finance for the Poor in Bangladesh (BFP-B) facilitated a roundtable titled "Dissemination of DBBL Agent Banking Roll Out Experience" on July 18, 2018. Here we publish a summary of the discussion.
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