Bangladesh

MDGs and Pro-Poor Development Cluster

Bangladesh has established a credible record of sustained growth within a stable macroeconomic framework and is on track in several MDGs. However, aggregate poverty rates remain dauntingly high while women continue to face entrenched barriers and insecurities. Governance weaknesses stand in the way of an acceleration of the growth process while significant sub-national disparities threaten further progress. Almost exclusive attention to the aggregate/macro level target attainment has left many small pockets of ‘under performing’ areas out of the policy radar.

The MDGs and e-Development cluster’s major focus is to develop national capacity for inclusive growth and attainment of MDGs and BDGs. The Cluster supports the Government to formulate MDG-based national strategies, to foster participatory progress monitoring, and to promote up-scaling of local best practices and lessons learned through local level pilots. The Cluster also supports national initiative to utilize information and communication technology as an enabler to reach the ‘traditionally excluded’ communities with better and effective services to ultimately enhance their quality of life.