BANGLADESH FACING THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALISATION:
A Review of Bangladesh's Development 2001
Publisher:
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and University
Press Limited (UPL). Published in 2002. Price:
Tk. 545.00
Bangladesh Facing the Challenges of Globalisation
(IRBD 2001) evaluates and assess the performance
of the Bangladesh economy both from the current
and strategic perspectives. This has been done
by addressing developmental issues of immediate
concerns and consequences as well as some selected
issues which have long term and strategic importance
for Bangladesh's development. Thus, Part A of
this year's IRBD examines major macroeconomic
trends and the emerging problems in the economy
during July 2000-June 2001 (FY2001) and beyond,
by focusing on some key indicators, including
overall and sectoral growth rate, credit expansion,
savings and investment performance, export and
import, balance of payments situation and foreign
aid. Considering the importance of the impact
of the ongoing process of globalisation on the
increasingly open economy of Bangladesh, globalisation
was selected as the overarching theme for the
thematic Part B of the IRBD 2001. Thus, Part
B addresses the impact of globalisation on some
of the key sectors and areas of the Bangladesh
economy, including Poverty, Finance, Small-Scale
Industries, IT Sector and Environment. IRBD
2001 has been prepared through indepth consultation
with key stakeholders.
Contributors: Ananya Raihan, Debapriya
Bhattacharya, Enamul Haq, Momtaz Uddin Ahmed,
Mustafa K Mujeri, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasreen
Khundker, Rehman Sobhan, Toufic Ahmed Choudhury,
and Uttam Kumar Deb.
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Occasional
Papers
° Corporate Responsibility Practices
in Bangladesh: Result From a Benchmark Study.
Occasional Paper No. 18. Authors: CPD Team.
This paper attempts to assess the level of corporate
responsibility in Bangladesh. Some of the issues
investigated under the corporate responsibility
framework in this paper include: sustainable development,
business ethics, human rights, legal compliance
and corporate governance.
°An Exploratory Review of Bangladesh's
Gas Sector: Latest Evidence and Areas of Further
Research. Occasional Paper No. 17. Authors: A.
K. M. A. Quader, Edmond Gomes.
This paper reviews and explores the latest evidence
from the gas sector of Bangladesh and highlights
areas that would benefit from further research.
Actual consumption of gas by different sectors,
projection of demands by various studies and plan
documents are highlighted in the study.
CPD-UNFPA Series
° Reproductive Health Concepts, Attitudes
and Practices of Privileged Urban Adolescents.
CPD-UNFPA Paper No. 21. Author: Tawheed R. Noor.
This paper assesses the concepts, attitudes and
practices of the urban educated and privileged
adolescents regarding sexual and reproductive
health.
° Violence Against Women: Marital Violence
in Rural Bangladesh. CPD-UNFPA Paper No. 20. Author:
M. A. Mannan.
This paper attempts to gather all the relevant
information regarding forms, nature, extent and
intensity of domestic violence. It tries to understand
why and how violence enters into the husband-wife
relationship and the forms in which it is inflicted.
°Gender-Related Development Index of
64 Districts in Bangladesh. CPD-UNFPA Paper No.
19. Author: Ms. Tahmina Khatun.
This paper attempts to calculate the gender-related
development index for the 64 districts of Bangladesh.
It identifies the districts that are lagging as
well as those that are ahead in reducing gender
disparities in Bangladesh.
Dialogue Reports
° Rice Seed Delivery System and Seed
Policy. Report No. 52
° Reforming Governance in Bangladesh.
Report No. 51
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°Dialogue
on Exchange Rate: Not Floating Does Not Mean Sinking
will be held on January 2, 2003 at the CIRDAP
Auditorium, Dhaka.
° Dialogue on Liberalisation of the
Crop Sector: Can Bangladesh Withstand Regional
Competition? will be held at the BRAC Centre Inn,
Dhaka on January 8, 2003.
°A preliminary meeting of National
Policy Brief Review Forum will be held jointly
with Daily Star and Prothom Alo on January 14,
2003.
°National Dialogue on Child Labour
Policy of Bangladesh: What Are We Looking For?
will be held on February 6, 2003 at CIRDAP Auditorium,
Dhaka.
° Dialogue on Health System and Women's
Health: Priorities for the Next Programme will
be held on February 20, 2003 at the CIRDAP Auditorium,
Dhaka. CPD will organise the dialogue in collaboration
with Columbia University, USA.
° A dialogue on Workplace Environment
for Women: Issues of Harassment and Need for Interventions
will be held on March 4, 2003 at the CIRDAP Auditorium,
Dhaka.
° CPD Board of Trustees Meeting will
be held on March 9, 2003.
° Dialogue on Strengthening the Role
of Private Sector Housing in Bangladesh Economy:
The Policy Challenges will be held on March 11,
2003 at the CIRDAP Auditorium, Dhaka.
°CPD Dialogue on Indo-Bangla will be
held on March 29-30, 2003.
° National Presentation of SACEPS Reports
will be held on March 16, 2003. This will be organised
jointly with the South Asia Centre for Policy
Studies (SACEPS).
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