Annual Volume 2004

Regional Cooperation in South Asia: Independent Review of Bangladesh's Development 2004

Over the past eight years the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has been engaged in producing an Independent Review of Bangladesh's Development (IRBD) as an annual home-grown alternative perspective on Bangladesh's development process. The objective of the IRBD initiative was to expose important economic and other developmental issues to a scrutiny of the civil society and to bring response of stakeholders into the mainstream of public discourse.

CPD has already initiated work on the preparation of IRBD 2004, the Ninth Review under the CPD's IRBD programme. The overall theme for IRBD 2004 is Regional Cooperation. The IRBD 2004 will be divided into two parts.

Volume I

In PART A review of the state of the economy will be presented. The following reports have been prepared for Volume I of IRBD 2004

  • State of the Bangladesh Economy in the Fiscal Year 2003-2004
     

  • An Analysis of the National Budget for Fiscal Year 2004-2005
     

  • Perspective on Bangladesh Development Forum 2004
     

  • Dialogue Report on: Bangladesh Development Forum 2004: Civil Society's Perspectives
     

  • Dialogue Report on: State of the Bangladesh Economy and Budget Responses 2004
     

  • Chronology of Major Economic Events in FY04

 

Volume II

The thematic Volume II of the IRBD 2004 will focus on several sectors in the context of regional cooperation. These include:

  1. Setting the Agenda for Regional Cooperation for the Next Decade
     

  2. A Comparative Overview of South Asian Economy
     

  3. Regional Trade Cooperation
     

  4. Financial Sector Cooperation
     

  5. Regional Cooperation in Energy
     

  6. Regional Cooperation in Agriculture
     

  7. Regional Cooperation in Transport
     

  8. Poverty in South Asia
     

  9. Regional Cooperation for Investment in South Asia.
     

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