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Bangladesh Priorities ... Looking at solutions instead of problems // Bjorn Lomborg, talks to Dhaka Tribune’s Shegufta Hasnine Surur about how Copenhagen Consensus Center is working with local partners to promote a new way of looking at development programs.

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Bangladesh Priorities ... Looking at solutions instead of problems Bjorn Lomborg, talks to Dhaka Tribune’s Shegufta Hasnine Surur about how Copenhagen Consensus Center is working with local partners to promote a new way of looking at development programs. Read More Golden rice: The malnutrition fighting crop Over the past two decades Bangladesh has remarkably managed to feed an increasing population better. Read More Bangladesh Priorities Smarter Solutions for Bangladesh Bangladesh has made strong progress over recent years, halving poverty and growing the economy by about 6 percent each year. But, like every country, challenges remain. But what should be the top priorities for policy makers, international donors, NGOs and businesses? With limited resources and time, it is crucial that focus is informed by what will do the most good for each taka spent. The Bangladesh Priorities project has worked closely with stakeholders across Bangladesh to find, analyze, rank and disseminate the best solutions for the country. ../../DBpdfs/Countries/Bangladesh/CCC-Bangladesh-summary-all-bcrs.pdf' We've engaged Bangladeshis from all parts of society, through readers of newspapers, listeners to radio and TV viewers, along with NGOs, decision makers, sector experts and businesses to identify the best solutions. We've commissioned some of the best economists from Bangladesh, the region and the world to calculate the social, environmental and economic costs and benefits of these proposals. Here you can find what those economists came up with: all the research and plain-language summaries to inform your own views on priorities for Bangladesh's future. But you can also see how others have answered the question of how to best boost Bangladesh – including an Eminent Panel including a Nobel Laureate and forums held in Bangladeshi rural communities. And the ongoing impact of this work is in the implementation of these smart researched interventions. Read the latest about our continuing work for smart solutions in Bangladesh. There are many well-intentioned policy interventions. But some are more immediate and perhaps important than others. The Copenhagen Consensus project for Bangladesh can help inform a discussion on identifying the best options for the country's future' - Dr. Mushtaque Chowdhury, Vice-Chairperson and Interim Executive Director, BRAC In a hurry? Download the one-page project overview here, our outcome brochure here, and sign up for our newsletter here. Making Government Smarter image Making Government Smarter Bjorn Lomborg discusses the Bangladesh Priorities project in the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs. The Bangladesh Priorities project has been funded by the C&A Foundation, an affiliate of the Dutch fashion company C&A, with help from the Swedish International Development Cooperaton Agency and the Danish embassy in Dhaka. We worked with all the major players in Bangladesh to assess what kinds of spending (both for the government’s $30 billion annual budget and for the $3 billion in development aid given by outside organizations) would do the most good for the country. The results were startling: they showed that major gains in national well-being could be achieved simply by rearranging budgets to favor policies with high returns on investment.' Read More The Top Priorities for Bangladesh image The Top Priorities for Bangladesh One-in-eleven deaths could be averted; billions of takas saved. An eminent panel including a Nobel laureate economist and Bangladeshi economic experts announced a prioritized list of investments that would produce phenomenal benefits for Bangladesh. Investment in tuberculosis treatment, infant nutrition, and e-Government solutions top their list, which was created following the Copenhagen Consensus framework to identify areas with the biggest returns to society. Copenhagen Consensus Center director Dr. Bjorn Lomborg said: Over five years, spending just 1% of the Bangladeshi budget on smarter policies could make Bangladesh Tk 3.7 trillion better off. And development agencies could achieve US$4 billion more, if just 1% of their spending was better allocated.” More About The Eminent Panel's Prioritization The Process image The Process First, we listened. We organized ideas roundtable meetings to solicit inputs from local experts about the smartest solutions for Bangladesh. We heard more than 1,000 ideas on how to help the country. Then, we researched. We asked leading international and Bangladeshi economists to examine the most promising solutions in their fields, producing more than 1,100 pages of new research that we stress-tested in review roundtables meetings, and then published and presented in Bangladesh’s leading newspapers. Finally, we scrutinized and compared the proposed interventions. Applying limited resources to unlimited problems means prioritizing—finding the policies that do the most good. At our 2015 Dhaka conference, we asked an Eminent Panel of economists and development experts to analyze the proposals, and identify the smartest investments. More About The Process The Research image The Research Bangladesh Priorities research explored 76 solutions to help Bangladesh, covering themes from poverty and health to education, infrastructure and gender equality. In total, more than 1,100+ pages of groundbreaking, made-for-Bangladesh research were written by leading local and international economists. The Economist devoted an article to this new research and the 76 solutions our economists analyzed. Some investments are phenomenal, producing as much as 663 taka of social benefit for every taka spent, while others do less than one taka of good for every dollar spent. Read More From The Economist How would you prioritize? image How would you prioritize? With the publication of each research paper we released a Facebook poll so you can make your voice heard. Take A Facebook Poll BRAC Research Evaluation Division image BRAC Research Evaluation Division Copenhagen Consensus is proud to collaborate with BRAC's Research and Evaluation Division. BRAC RED is a multi-disciplinary independent unit within BRAC that provides an analytical basis for programmatic decisions, and undertakes studies. BRAC is a development organization dedicated to alleviating poverty by empowering the poor. Visit BRAC Contact us: Brad Wong, Project Manager brad [at] copenhagenconsensus [dot] com Hasanuzzaman Zaman, Outreach Manager hasan [at] copenhagenconsensus [dot] com
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http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/bangladesh-priorities/research-papers Bangladesh Priorities HOMELATEST NEWSBACKGROUNDRESEARCHOUTCOMESFORUMS & SEMINARSTESTIMONIALSবাংলায় You are here HOME » RESEARCH » RESEARCH Smart Solutions for Bangladesh A wide range of the best economists from Bangladesh, the region, and the world have estimated the costs and benefits for 76 Bangladeshi projects to identify the best policies for Bangladesh: the choices that will do the most good for each taka spent. Bangladesh Research Papers Bangladesh Priorities research explored the merits and pitfalls of 76 different solutions to help Bangladesh, covering themes related to poverty, health, education, the environment, and many others. Follow the links to learn more about the smartest polices in for Bangladesh by theme or scroll down to locate the academic research papers. Climate Change Dhaka Transportation Digital Bangladesh Education Energy Fiscal Management & Revenue Mobilization Gender Equality Health Indoor Air Pollution International Migration Land Administration Malnutrition Microfinance Non-Communicable Diseases Nutrition Outdoor Air Pollution Poverty Readymade Garments Seasonal Migration Trade Transportation Infrastructure Urbanization AllClimate Change & EnergyEducationInequalityHunger and MalnutritionHealthGovernanceInfrastructureEnvironmentUrbanizationTrade and MigrationReadymade GarmentWater & SanitationDigital BangladeshTechnology & Data CorruptionFinance and EconomyTaxFiscal Management and RevenueMigrationPovertyAir PollutionNon-Communicable Diseases Bangladesh Priorities: Solar Energy, Haque Over recent years, a much-touted solution was delivered to 3 million rural Bangladeshi homes: solar lighting. A donor-funded program gave these families a Tk-2,000 subsidy to purchase solar units,... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Girls Education, Zaman Early marriage is far from the only challenge Bangladeshi girls and women face. New research by Ahsan Zaman, an assistant economics professor at North South University, examines two other pressing... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Pregnancy Supplements, Rose Jonathan Rose, a research advisor with the South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies, looks at how nutrition could also help pregnant women. Providing nutrients to the mother... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Nutrients and Micronutrients, Rose Research by Jonathan Rose, a research advisor with the South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies, examines programs to fight malnutrition by delivering nutrients and... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Golden Rice, Deb New research by Uttam Deb, an economist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, suggests that investment in the development and dissemination of golden rice can help... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Union Digital Services, Bakshi and Rahman The research paper by Rejaul Karim Bakshi, associate economics professor at Rajshahi University, and Tariqur Rahman, a research consultant, examines offering more services at Union Digital Centers. ... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Tuberculosis, Vasssall Tuberculosis (TB) kills 80,000 Bangladeshis each year, constituting about 9 percent of all deaths. Research by Anna Vasssall, a senior lecturer in health economics at the London School of Hygiene and... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Village Courts, Hossain and Zaman Another way to bring benefits to the rural poor is examined in the analysis of spreading village courts across rural areas. Research by Md. Shanawez Hossain and Nabila Zaman, of the BRAC Institute of... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Livability, Alam Research by Khorshed Alam, an associate professor of economics at the University of Southern Queensland, explores the smartest ways to deal with three growth-related issues in the capital: solid... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Climate Adaptation, Golub and Golub Research by economists Alexander Golub and Elena Strukova Golub examines several solutions that can help tackle climate impacts over the short or long term. .tg {border-collapse:collapse;border-... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Ready Made Garments, Bin Shadat et al. Research by a team of four Bangladeshi economists, led by Wasel Bin Shadat, a lecturer at the University of Manchester, examines investments that will improve Bangladesh’s vital RMG sector,... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Trade, Raihan, Ferdous and Wong Research by Selim Raihan, economics professor at the University of Dhaka and executive director of the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM), and Farazi Binti Ferdous, research fellow at... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Community Clinics, Huque The research, by economist Rumana Huque of the University of Dhaka, considers treating diabetes and addressing smokeless tobacco consumption. Diabetes is associated with hypertension and related... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Child and Maternal Health, Khan and Ahmed Even though Bangladesh has greatly reduced child and maternal deaths, the progress has been uneven. According to the World Bank, the mortality rates are nearly twice as high for infants and young... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Larsen Even though 98 percent of Bangladeshis have access to either a well or piped water, 25 percent of households’ water sources contain arsenic levels that exceed the World Health Organization... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Child Marriage, Field et al. Research by economists from Duke University and MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab examines various strategies to prevent child marriages. It finds that providing financial incentives... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Land Digitization, Rahman and Talukder New research by Sultan Hafeez Rahman, executive director of the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), and research assistant Sumaiya Kabir Talukder finds that digitizing the land... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: E-Procurement, Wahid New research by Wahid Abdallah, a research fellow at the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development, examines the effects of transforming the current procurement system into one that uses online... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: VAT, Nandi and Khondker Government tax revenue is equal to just 11 percent of the size of the entire economy in Bangladesh. So despite the fact that the country has great potential to boost revenue earnings, much of it goes... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Seasonal Migration, Mobarak and Akram Research by Mushfiq Mobarak, a Yale University economist, and Agha Ali Akram, a postdoctoral fellow with Evidence Action, suggests that helping people from rural areas migrate to work seasonally in... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Poverty, Sulaiman and Misha Despite cutting the rate of extreme poverty from 34 percent in 2000 to just 13 percent today, 20 million Bangladeshis still live in conditions considered to be ultra poor. Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Broadband, Zaman The research by M. Rokonuzzaman, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the North South University in Dhaka, looks at expanding broadband access. .tg {border-collapse... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Secondary Bond Market, Mortaza Research by M.G. Mortaza, an economist at the Asian Development Bank, and Wasel Bin Shadat, a lecturer in econometrics at the University Of Manchester, examines a related proposal to boost investment... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Padma Bridge Project, Rahman and Khondker Research by Ashikur Rahman, senior economist at the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh, and Bazlul Khondker, economics professor at the University of Dhaka, shows that even though the... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Education, Rabbani Research by economist Atonu Rabbani of the University of Dhaka suggests several worthwhile strategies that could improve public education in Bangladesh, and one is most promising of all: so-called... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Urban Transport, Gallagher Research by Robert Gallagher, a transport planner and South Asia specialist, explores alternative options for Dhaka’s future urban transport. .tg {border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Sexual and Reproductive Health, Zaman Early marriage is far from the only challenge Bangladeshi girls and women face. New research by Ahsan Zaman, an assistant economics professor at North South University, examines two other pressing... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Microfinance, Bairagi and Bin Shadat Research by Subir Bairagi, an economist at the Institute of Policy and Social Sciences (IPSS), and Wasel Bin Shadat, executive director of IPSS and lecturer of econometrics at the University of... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Motor Vehicle Agreement, Rahman and Rahman Research by Kazi Mahmudur Rahman, assistant professor of development studies at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, and Md. Tariqur Rahman, an economic consultant, examined potential benefits... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Outdoor Air Pollution, Larsen The research examined a simple retrofitting into “improved zigzag” kilns, all the way to the top-of-the-line new hybrid Hoffman kilns. Hybrid Hoffman kilns promise large overall benefits... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Migration, Bin Shadat et al. Research suggests strategies that can make migration cheaper and make migrants more productive. The researchers—Wasel Bin Shadat, lecturer of econometrics at the University of Manchester, and... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Indoor Air Pollution, Larsen When it comes to cooking indoors over open fires, the harmful health effects can be equal to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day. This indoor air pollution plagues nearly nine out of every 10 Bangladeshi households, which use wood and other biofuels to cook inside. Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Energy, Gunatilake and Roland-Holst Research by David Roland-Holst, University of California, Berkeley, and Herath Gunatilake, Asian Development Bank, and an addendum by consultant Bjorn Larsen, analyzes the smartest ways to power... Read more Bangladesh Priorities: Non-communicable Diseases, Koehlmoos et al. Research written by four eminent American economists examines several strategies to combat non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh. They find that the most cost-effective solutions are those aimed at... Read more Contact us: Brad Wong, Project Manager brad [at] copenhagenconsensus [dot] com Hasanuzzaman Zaman, Outreach Manager hasan [at] copenhagenconsensus [dot] com