poverty alleviation had remained largely donor driven and Bangladesh has been exposed to a plethora of advice and assistance …The paper highlights the problem that Bangladesh has never had a homegrown holistic dynamic strategic framework to … combat poverty nor has a clearly articulated operational approach been developed to address the issue. Rather, agendas for …

reduction. It discusses the role of agriculture in poverty reduction in Bangladesh. It documents major challenges in further … reduction of poverty in Bangladesh and opportunities for addressing the challenges. … the PETRRA project. It provides an overview of the progress made so far in agricultural, rural development and poverty …

This paper was presented at the dialogue on Mapping Poverty for Rural Bangladesh: Implications for Pro-poor Development … the PETRRA project. The study reported geographical concentration of rural poverty in Bangladesh for 425 upazilas in 2000 …-01. The study measured and mapped incidence of poverty (using Headcount Index), intensity of poverty (using Poverty Gap Index …

Bangladesh-US bilateral perspective and puts forward a number of measures which might provide a basis for Bangladesh’s response …

initiated, particularly with respect to Bangladesh. The paper lays out the backdrop of the issue, various provisions of the US … TDA2000, reviews the implications of the Act for Bangladesh and puts forward a number of measures which might provide a … basis for Bangladesh’s response strategy to the US TDA2000. …

also analysed possible impacts of the adopted decisions and proposals for Bangladesh’s agriculture sector and its economy … gains, production, consumption and trade of agricultural commodities in Bangladesh. Based on the research findings, the … paper has suggested some negotiating strategies for Bangladesh to be pursued in the on-going WTO negotiations on agriculture. …

the trends in Bangladesh’s RMG exports and examines the medium to longer term prospects of Bangladesh’s export …

of Bangladesh. The paper collated perceived risk of biotechnology. It reports the findings of a survey on knowledge …, perceptions and attitude of civil society to identify the constraints to adoption of rice biotechnology in Bangladesh. It also … sustaining food and nutrition security in Bangladesh. …