Redefining the Development Strategy by Addressing the Faultlines of the 7th Five Year Plan

2023-09-24T15:58:12+06:00December 13th, 2020|

During the Seventh Five Year Plan period (2015-2020), Bangladesh witnessed significant development achievements. These include increases in literacy rate, life expectancy at birth (aged 15 and above), rice production, energy production, remittance earning, and sectoral contribution in GDP. In the last five years, along with accelerated economic growth, macroeconomic stability in terms of low inflation and stable exchange rate, improvement in Gender Gap Index, more than one crore people came out of poverty. Despite these achievements, several faultlines were also visible during the last five years.

Good policies with weak institutions cannot deliver results for vulnerable populations

2023-09-24T16:30:07+06:00November 3rd, 2020|

Marginalised and vulnerable populations (e.g. low-income groups living in urban areas, informal sector workers, women, indigenous and Dalit communities, transgender communities, and people with disability) have been disproportionately facing challenges of the COVID-19 induced pandemic.

Two-thirds of youth in need did not receive support during the COVID-19 period

2023-09-24T16:32:00+06:00November 2nd, 2020|

Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh conducted an online survey among young population to get a wider understanding about the youth agenda in COVID-19 situation. 67% of the respondents despite having need did not receive any support from either government or NGOs.

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