Development Activities in Bangladesh
UN rights chief’s visit: Conflicting expectations and a hope for positive change
UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.
‘Louha tribhuj’ and the political economy of development
A political economy lens is needed to understand the current situation of Bangladesh.
UN rights chief’s visit: Conflicting expectations and a hope for positive change
UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.
A pandemic of ill-conceived projects
Establish accountability to tackle habitual time-cost overruns in government projects
How long will poor execution of projects be tolerated?
Such projects are enabling corruption and incompetence
The fault in our idea of progress
Puzzling positive developments in our economic indicators, which hardly delineate the real socioeconomic conditions of the people in Bangladesh, are not new phenomena.
How can project delays be avoided?
Does the endless suffering of people, or the constant wastage of their money, mean nothing?
‘We are servants of the state, not bureaucracy’
Engineers today protested the directive of public administration ministry -- empowering Deputy Commissioners to oversee development projects at the district level.
Local NGOs for leadership role thru’ equal partnership with intl’ orgs
Local non-government organisations (LNGOs) have expressed interest in leadership role through equal partnership with the international NGOs in development activities in the country.