A. National Dialogues
1. State of the Bangladesh
Economy and Budget Responses
2008
14 June 2007
Finance Adviser AB Mirza Azizul
Islam rejected outright the
notion that the proposals in the
budget for fiscal year 2007-08
are unrealistic or unattainable.
The size and financing in the
proposed budget are not
unrealistic, he said while
speaking as chief guest at a
dialogue on the state of
Bangladesh economy and budget
responses. Centre for Policy
Dialogue (CPD) organised the
dialogue at Sonargaon hotel in
the capital on 14 June 2007.
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2. Regional Cooperation for
Agricultural Development in
South Asia
20 March 2007
Ahead the Delhi SAARC summit
scheduled in April, the CPD
hosted a dialogue titled
Regional Cooperation for
Agricultural Development in
South Asia on 20 March 2007 at
the CIRDAP auditorium in Dhaka.
Hon’ble Advisor for Agriculture
Dr C S Karim attended the
dialogue
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3.
Dialogue on resumption of Doha
Negotiations and Challenges for
Bangladesh
19 April 2007
Bangladesh has failed to reap
benefits i.e. duty free and
quota free market access and
access to the international
labour market from the WTO
negotiations as she lacks from
negotiating skills. This was
observed at the CPD organised a
dialogue on Resumption of Doha
Negotiations and Challenges for
Bangladesh
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B.
International Dialogues
1. Towards an Inclusive
Globalisation
26 December 2006
Nobel laureates Professor
Amartya Sen & Professor Muhammad
Yunus pitched for the poor of
the world, stressing that
Globalisation should help them
and not merely the rich, to
eradicate poverty and lift
countless have-nots above the
poverty line. They were speaking
at a dialogue on ‘Towards an
Inclusive Globalisation’
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2. Dialogue on Sustaining
Democracy in Bangladesh:
Learning from Global Experience
26 December 2006
The
CPD organised a dialogue with
the young professionals on the
issue of Sustaining Democracy in
Bangladesh: Learning from Global
Experience on Tuesday 26
December 2006 at with Flambé
Restaurant. George Soros,
Chairman of the Open Society
Institute and also a renowned
financier and philanthropist
addressed the participants as
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3. Dialogue on Current Status of
the Doha Round Talks: Next Steps
for Bangladesh
28 December 2006
Bangladesh should put its best
efforts for early harvest of a
market access facility that is
free of duty and quota from the
Doha Development Round (DDR)
under WTO, speakers at a
dialogue in Dhaka suggested at
CPD dialogue held on 28th
December 2006
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C.
Regional Dialogues
1. Indo-Bangladesh Dialogue
on Politics and Security
September 10-14, 2007
A twelve member
Bangladesh delegation, lead by
Professor Rehman Sobhan,
Chairman, Centre for Policy
Dialogue (CPD) attended the
Indo-Bangladesh Dialogue held in
New Delhi, India during
September 10-14, 2007. The
dialogue focused on Politics &
Security was hosted by India
International Centre (IIC), New
Delhi. The dialogue, a track two
initiative of the civil society
of the two countries addressed
relevant issues that relate to
politics & security concerning
the two neighbouring countries.
The dialogue is part of a series
of Indo-Bangladesh Dialogue
being jointly organised by the
CPD in Dhaka and IIC in New
Delhi since 2005. The first two
rounds of Indo-Bangladesh
dialogue held in Dhaka & New
Delhi earlier have focused
respectively on Trade,
Investment & Connectivity and
Media & Culture.
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2. 7th BCIM Forum on Regional
Economic Cooperation
31 March-1
April 2007
With a view to
further strengthening the
regional economic cooperation
especially in three major areas
-- trade, transport and tourism
---- the 7th BCIM Forum on
Regional Economic Cooperation
was held in Dhaka from 31
March-1 April 2007 organised by
the CPD.
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3. Indo Bangladesh Dialogue on
Media and Culture
6-8 March 2007
The
Law and Information Advisor to
the Caretaker Government
Barrister Mainul Hosein called
for stronger cultural
cooperation and review of media
policy of both Bangladesh and
India. He was addressing the
inaugural session of the
Indo-Bangladesh Dialogue on
Media and Culture as the Chief
Guest jointly organised by the
CPD and India International
Centre (IIC) held from 6-8 March
2007
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4.
CPD-SACEPS Dialogue on A
Proposal of a South Asian
University
6 February 2007
Educationists at a discussion on
6 February 2006 underscored the
need to establish a South Asian
University, which will be a
centre of excellence and
expertise and help address
regional issues.
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D.
Press Briefings
1.
CPD’s Reaction on Bangladesh
Bank’s Monetary policy
14 July 2007
The Centre for Policy Dialogue
(CPD) at a press briefing
organised on 14 July 2007 at its
dialogue room criticised
government plans to curb
loan-disbursing capacity of the
banks and increase prices of
natural gas, fertiliser, power
and petroleum products, bowing
down to World Bank (WB) and
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
suggestions.
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2.
An Analysis of the National
Budget for FY2007-08
8 June 2007-07-04
The Centre for Policy Dialogue
(CPD) said it did not find any
radical changes in financing the
big budget for fiscal 2007-08
announced by the caretaker
government. This was observed at
a press briefing organised by
the centre on Friday 8 June 2007
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3.
State of the Bangladesh Economy
2006-07
2 June 2007
The spiralling price hike of essentials is currently the
biggest pressure on the economy.
The government should look into
the matter immediately and
maintain a generous import
policy, particularly in food
grain import for keeping the
price under control. Debapriya
Bhattacharya, Executive Director
of the CPD observed this while
presenting a study on the state
of Bangladesh economy in fiscal
2007 and an outlook of the same
for fiscal 2008 at a press
briefing held at CIRDAP
auditorium on 2 June 2007.
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4.
Press Briefing on Interim IRBD
07
25 January 2007
Focusing on the upcoming National Election of 2007 the CPD
on 25 January 2007 placed 12
point recommendation to the
Caretaker Government (CTG)
through a press briefing titled
as State of the Bangladesh
Economy in FY07:
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E.
Workshop
1.
7th Trade Policy Appreciation
Workshop on WTO and Bangladesh
26-28 December 2006
Trade Related Research and Policy Development (TRRPD) is
one of the major projects,
currently being implemented by
the Centre for Policy Dialogue
(CPD) under its Trade Policy
Analysis programme. The project
focuses on identifying the
challenges emerging from the
process of globalisation and in
this context seeks to design
coping strategies for Bangladesh
in particular, and LDCs in
general.
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F.
Special Events
1.
Launch of Collected Works of
Professor Rehman Sobhan
24 March 2007
Rehman Sobhan’s writings have paved the way towards
establishing democracy and
governance who dreamed his
entire life to establish a
society that is democratic,
corruption free of corruption
and of equality --- the Chief
Advisor (CA) of the Caretaker
Government Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed,
a student of the first batch of
Rehman Sobhan, made the remarks
as the Chief Guest at the
unveiling ceremony of 'Collected
Works of Rehman Sobhan'
Organised and published by the
Centre for Policy Dialogue on
the 24 March 2007 at the Hotel
Sonargaonm Ballroom. The
selected collection of his
popular writings stretching from
1958 to 2006 has the notion of
justice at the core and
expresses his ideas on political
economy of the society.
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2.
Dinner Reception by the CPD
Board of Trustees to Felicitate
Nobel Laureate Professor
Muhammad Yunus
24 January 2007
The Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Centre for Policy
Dialogue (CPD) accorded a
reception to Professor Muhammad
Yunus, a founding trustee of the
CPD, to celebrate his award of
Nobel Peace Prize 2006. The
reception was held on January
24, 2007 at the Spectra
Convention Centre.
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