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 poverty alleviation had remained largely donor driven and...

The paper seeks to project a civil society perspective on Bangladesh's concerns and expectations regarding the upcoming Third WTO Ministerial Meeting. The paper focuses on the built-in agenda and highlights issues for the Seattle Ministerial; examines the implications of the potential new issues...