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Jul 14, 2021 · Evidence suggests that Bangladeshi families continue to invest more in post-primary education for boys. Industries with higher numbers of female workers are facing the prospect of increased automation, eliminating up to 60% of jobs over the next 20 years. World Bank projects are helping improve women's prospects in the country.
Oct 2, 2019 · Our Bangladesh National Digital Architecture (BNDA), which ensures interoperability, won a World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) award this year and WSIS has recognized Bangladesh for different e-government or digital government initiatives for the past six years in a row.
Jan 6, 2022 · As Bangladesh prepares to release a new five-year national power plan early next year, researchers are urging the government to boost clean energy and pursue policies that would help secure a green and socially just transition for the South Asian nation. Today, only about 3.5% of the country's power comes from renewable sources, a figure the ...
Jan 18, 2022 · 4 things to know about financing sustainable development. Since its founding in 1971, Bangladesh has emerged from overwhelming poverty to be proclaimed by The World Bank in 2020 as 'a model for poverty reduction'. It achieved the highest cumulative GDP growth globally from 2010 to 2020 and is now on course to become a developed country by 2041.
Aug 22, 2014 · 4、500年之前孟加拉被明朝人叫做榜葛剌（là）。这下容易解释了吧
Jan 15, 2024 · Here's how a community in Bangladesh saved its life-giving forest. Crop insurance is also crucial, to support farmers to absorb increasing climate shocks. More than half the world’s countries have government agriculture insurance programmes, and most of those subsidize premiums. Only four countries in Africa, however, have them.
Jun 11, 2024 · The Global Gender Gap Index 2024 benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time since its inception.
Nov 19, 2019 · Bangladesh’s GDP growth rate is forecast to be 8% in 2020. The figures put it ahead of other Asian countries, including India. It could shed its 'least developed country' status in five years. When it first became a country, in 1971, Bangladesh was incredibly poor. The GDP growth rate was -14%, political instability was rife, and the nation ...
Jan 11, 2019 · This could be an opportunity to do better. One report found that addressing environmental and social problems created by the fashion industry would provide a $192 billion overall benefit to the global economy by 2030. The annual value of clothing discarded prematurely is more than $400 billion. Image: World Resources Institute.
Jan 20, 2020 · According to MIT’s Erik Brynjolffson, countries dependent on the garment sector will need to “leapfrog” traditional methods for reskilling workers in order to transition workers in time. Bangladesh signaled they want to reskill at least 1-2 million workers – and they want to try innovative approaches to get there.
