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Interim- Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP)

BANGLADESH - A National Strategy for Economic Growth, Poverty Reduction and Social Development

Executive Summary  ( Word)  (PDF)

• Need for Strategic Rethinking

• Outlining a Development Vision

• Elements of New Thinking

 Chapter 1 : Introduction (Word)  (PDF)

• Process of Policy Ownership

• Silent Ascent 2

• Progress in Cross-Country Perspectives

• Structure of the Paper

• Summary Points

Chapter 2 : Poverty State of the Nation (Word) (PDF)

• Broad Trends over Last Decades

• Trends in Rural Poverty

• Trends in Urban Poverty 

• Dimensions of Human Poverty

• Summary Points

Chapter 3 : Participatory Consultations on Poverty Reduction
Strategy: Emerging Lessons  (Word)  (PDF)

• Positive Achievements

• Areas of Key Concerns

• Summary Points

Chapter 4 : Major Milestones: Poverty Targets and Key Social Development Goals  (Word)  (PDF)

• The Vision

• Feasibility of Target Attainment

• Summary Points 

Chapter 5 : The Poverty Reduction Strategy  (Word)  (PDF)

• The Strategy: All Routes Matter

• Accelerating Pro-poor Economic Growth

• Ensuring Macroeconomic Balances

• Promoting Good Governance

• Agriculture

• Rural Development

• Manufacturing Growth

• Infrastructure Development

• Technology Policy

• Microcredit Policy

• Fostering Human Development of the Poor

• Women’s Advancement and Removing Gender Gaps

• Strengthening Social Protection

• Supporting Local Government and Broadening Participation

• Policies and Institutions for Reducing Inequality

• Caring for Environment

• Summary Points

Chapter 6 : Medium Term Macroeconomic Framework (Word)  (PDF)

Policy Matrix for National Poverty Reduction Strategy (Word)  (PDF)

Chapter 7 : Monitoring and Evaluation (Word)  (PDF)

• Institutional Mechanisms

• Monitoring Indicators

• Road Map to Full Strategy

Annex Tables

• Annex Table 1: Inter– Country Statistics on Growth, Human Development, and Income–Poverty (Word)  (PDF)

• Annex Table 2: Child Malnutrition Rates in South Asia, 1990-2000 (Word)  (PDF)

• Annex Table 3: Trends in Poverty: Consumption Expenditure Data (Word)  (PDF)

• Annex Table 4: Summary Statistics on Growth and Inequality: Consumption Data (Word)  (PDF)

• Annex Table 5: Simulation of National Poverty Based on Alternative Growth Assumptions (Word)  (PDF)

• Annex Table 6: Simulating Trends in Poverty Under Alternative Growth Scenario, Bangladesh: 2000-2020 (Word)  (PDF)

• Annex Table 7: Major Goal Posts in Poverty and Social Targets set against the 1990 Benchmark (Word)  (PDF)

Annexes

• Annex 1: Methodology of Poverty Analysis (Word)  (PDF)

• Annex 2: Employment and Labor Market Issues (Word)  (PDF)

• Annex 3: Macroeconomic Setting and Balances of the Bangladesh Economy (Word)  (PDF)

• Annex 4: Agriculture and Rural Development (Word)  (PDF)

• Annex 5: Manufacturing Sector (Word)  (PDF)

• Annex 6: Infrastructure Development (Word)  (PDF)

• Annex 7: Strategic Issues in Health Sector Development (Word)  (PDF)

• Annex 8: Women’s Advancement and Removing Gender Gaps (Word)  (PDF)

• Annex 9: Disaster Vulnerability and Risk Management (Word)  (PDF)

• Annex 10: Sectoral Reforms: Selected Examples (Word)  (PDF)

• Annex 11: Proposed Poverty Reduction Indicators Tracking and Monitoring Matrix (Word)  (PDF)

•  Annex 12: Indicators for Macroeconomic Management (Word)  (PDF)