What was once a fledgling lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka is now destroyed. In 2014 ...

Bangladesh has taken yet another turn on its downwards spiral from democracy to authoritarianism. On 8 February 2018, a Bangladeshi judge convicted ...

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has granted 15 million NOK to fund a three-year research and capacity building programme between CMI and the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) focusing on Inclusive Growth and Good Governance.

Reducing poverty and improving governance require evidence-based approaches that also pay attention to the political scope for reform.

The overall objective of the programme is institutional research co-operation on issues relevant to the poor in Bangladesh, support ...

Bangladesh aims for middle-income status by 2021 and it is a measure of success that it is on track to achieve several of the Millennium Development Goals. Its increasingly active role on the global stage, present a range of opportunities for strengthened partnership between Norway and Bangladesh.

A number of measures can strengthen the Parliament of Bangladesh. CMI and the Bangladeshi think-tank CPD has published a report on the struggling democracy.

The Bangladesh Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad) was established in 1972 following the separation of Bangladesh from Pakistan. Presidentialism and ...

This report provides an assessment of Norway's bilateral development assistance to Bangladesh, covering the period 2003 to 2007, based on information ...

A number of countries that are net importers of agricultural products have recently experienced tremendous price hikes on agricultural products. ...

Democracy is fragile in Bangladesh. The new 2008 government promised change in politics and governance. Professor Rounaq Jahan, from the University of Colombia, explores the challenges faced by the new government.

The monumental building of the Parliament of Bangladesh is retracted in a park in the heart of Dhaka, and gives the impression of a powerful ...

Norway has been requested by IMF to provide balance of payment (BOP) support to Bangladesh, which is facing a critical reduction in its foreign ...

Dr. Eirik G. Jansen was a Research Fellow at CMI from 1975 to 1987. During this period he worked mainly on issues related to rural Bangladesh. ...

The main objective of this project is to identify the effects that political instability and corruption have on foreign investment to Bangladesh, ...

Eksport kan gi store positive effekter i fattige land. Men bistand vil fortsatt ha en viktig rolle for å redusere fattigdom, sier CMI-forsker Arne Wiig til Bistandsaktuelt.

Forskning tyder ikke på at mikrokreditt fører til økt fattigdom. Kollaps for mikrokredittinstitusjonene vi gå ut over de fattige, skriver seniorforsker Arne Wiig i en kronikk i Dagens Næringsliv 20. desember.

According to the World Bank, political unrest in Bangladesh in the first part of 2015 resulted in a loss of 1% of GDP.[1] A previous study by ...

The constitution of Bangladesh bestows the parliament with supreme powers in making laws and approving budgets. It is given wide-ranging authority ...

Since the 1990s there has been increasing concern in the North about products from the South and the conditions under which they are produced. ...