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IRBD 2001: Globalisation and Bangladesh The
2001 edition of CPD's annual flagship publication the Independent
Review of Bangladesh's Development (IRBD) 2001 was completed in
March this year. IRBD 2001 featured macroeconomic performance
during FY2001 and also took up the issue of globalisation for
the thematic part. Part A of the IRBD2001 reviewed the State of
the Economy and included three chapters titled Bangladesh Economy
in FY2001: Macroeconomic Outlook, Bangladesh's External Sector
in FY2001: Review of Performance and Emerging Concerns, and Has
Bangladesh Really Achieved Self Sufficiency in Food Grains?: A
Review of Evidence respectively authored by Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya,
Prof. Mustafizur Rahman and Dr. Uttam Kumar Deb. The thematic
section of the IRBD2001, constituting the Part B of the volume,
concentrated on a number of critical issues such as the implications
of globalisation on Bangladesh and its interfaces. Prof. Rehman
Sobhan in his paper entitled Bangladesh's Political Economy in
An Age of Globalisation critically analysed the major emerging
trends in the political economy of Bangladesh in the context of
globalisation. Other contributors to this section included Dr.
Mustafa K. Mujeri on Globalisation - Poverty Links in Bangladesh:
Some Broad Observations, Dr. Toufic Ahmad Choudhury and Dr. Ananya
Raihan on Globalisation and Finance for Development, Dr. Momtaz
Uddin Ahmed on Globalisation and Competitiveness of Bangladesh's
Small-Scale Industries (SSIs): An Analysis of the Prospects and
Challenges, Dr. Enamul Huq on Globalisation and Environment: The
Challenges for Bangladesh, Dr. Ananya Raihan on Information and
Communication Technology: Bangladesh Meeting the Challenges of
Globalisation and Dr. Nasrin Khundker on Impact of Globalisation
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CPD brief for Indo-Bangla Trade Talk Under
its Trade Policy Programme CPD prepared a policy brief on "Bangladesh-India
Bilateral Trade Relationship: Bargaining points for Bangladesh".
The brief was submitted to the Ministry of Commerce as CPD's input
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Implications of the Doha Ministerial Under the CPD programme on Trade Policy Analysis and Monitoring the Impact of WTO, CPD has prepared a policy brief titled Interpreting Doha Ministerial Decisions for Bangladesh. The brief highlighted the implications of the decisions taken at the Fourth Ministerial Meeting at Doha for Bangladesh and identified a number of key areas where Bangladesh will need to undertake concrete actions to address the emerging concerns. CPD-UNFPA study on Populationand Sustainable Development Over the last few years ,CPD has been implementing a programme on Population and Sustainable Development in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The programme envisages to conduct a series of studies in a number of key areas of concern for Bangladesh such as consequences of demographic momentum and aging, interface between poverty and population, impact of urbanisation, migration and environment, population concerns in macroeconomic policies, and human rights. During this
period a research study titled An Investigation into Fertility Behaviour
of Married Adolescent Girls has been completed. A publication titled
"Probeen" (the Elderly) has also been brought out by the
CPD during this period. The publication draws on the available data
and information and envisages to sensitise the policy makers and
also the general public as regards problems of the elderly. CPD-TERI Study on CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY Under its programme on Investment Promotion and Enterprise Development in Bangladesh, CPD is currently doing a research on Corporate Responsibility. A draft report has been prepared and will be presented and discussed at a CPD dialogue. The study is being implemented in collaboration with Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI-Europe). The study is based on information generated through extensive field survey and key informant debriefing. CPD Reviewed the PRSP Preparation Process As the GOB has started to prepare a poverty reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), the CPD undertook an initaitive to review the PRSP preparation process as well as the status of the PRSP in Bangladesh. The CPD review pointed out that the PRSP is seen as the sugar coating for the reforms process and may face the same fate as the earlier generation of unwound reforms. CPD argued that a credible PRSP must emerge out of a credible process of public and political consultation. It must be debated and endorsed by the Parliament which should not only commit its support to the PRSP, but also should have the commitment to implement the strategy.
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