Publication: Bangladesh Country Assistance Evaluation, 2001-08
Date
2009-07
ISSN
Published
2009-07
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Bangladesh is among the World
Bank's largest International Development Association
(IDA) eligible borrowers, with a country portfolio of 21
active projects and net commitment of $1.9 billion as of
FY08. The Bank's strategy has been to support
government efforts to improve governance as a cross-cutting
goal, while also improving the investment climate and
empowering the poor. IDA's strategy for Bangladesh and
its program during the period 2001-08 were relevant to the
country's development needs, including improving
governance and promoting structural reforms in order to
consolidate gains in macroeconomic performance, exports,
education, and health, and improve the prospects for
successful future development. Bank assistance during the
FY01-08 period was delivered under the FY01 and FY06 Country
Assistance Strategies (CASs) and the FY03 CAS progress
report. These largely reflected the Bank's search for
more effective support for Bangladesh's efforts to
sustain and enhance development, even as success in
increasing exports and workers' remittances reduced the
country's dependence on foreign assistance, and as
awareness increased that governance issues needed to be
addressed more broadly.
Citation
“World Bank. 2009. Bangladesh Country Assistance Evaluation, 2001-08. IEG Fast Track Brief. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/f7598b5c-4b8b-56c6-a23e-62f05035b052 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”