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.

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.

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. He ...

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.

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.

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

Bangladesh meets the future. Research on Bangladesh. Report on the BIDS/CMI Bangladesh seminar 15-1

Les Migrations au Bangladesh (Migration in Bangladesh Armindo Miranda Population Asia: Bangladesh

(In cooperation with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies and Chr. Michelsen Institute)

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 institution. ...

Dr Eirik G. Jansen is a social anthropologist whose research has mainly focused on natural resource management in traditional fisheries in East Africa and land issues in Bangladesh.

Reorganisation of the statistical services in Bangladesh and establishment and implementation of a

(In cooperation with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies and Chr. Michelsen Institute)

(In cooperation with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies and Chr. Michelsen Institute)

This project gives an overview of the current labour conditions in the garment sector in Bangladesh, and evaluate the implementation of ethical codes ...

(In cooperation with Bangladesh Instiute of Development Studies and Chr. Michelsen Institute)

(In cooperation with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies and Chr. Michelsen Institute)

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

This study investigates the incentives of garment producers in Bangladesh to increase the quality of their products in a situation with unsatisfactory ...

(In cooperation with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies and Chr. Michelsen Institute)