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25 January 2019
In Asia, there is a need to ensure equal treatment to migrant domestic workers under national labor laws and improve their access to legal information and social services.
24 January 2019
Overall migration flows continue to decline from almost 6 million workers in 2015 to 5.24 million in 2017. Reduced recruitment in the Gulf Cooperation Countries is the main driver behind this downward trend.
24 January 2019
Remittances contribute $15.5 billion to Bangladesh's economy. The country aims to improve migration-related legal frameworks and policies.
6 November 2018
Learn how an innovative self-learning program improved primary education results in Bangladesh. This presentation shares results achieved after the KUMON learning method was introduced to disadvantaged primary schools situated in Bangladesh’s low-income communities.
15 October 2018
Dohwa Engineering Co, Ltd., shares an overview of its wastewater projects in Uttara and Mirpur in Bangladesh. It highlights how the sewerage infrastructure to avoid intrusion of wastewater into water supply lines and to help prevent the drinking water pollution.
15 October 2018
Check out how Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) is utilizing digital technology in providing improved services to its clients.
26 September 2018
Bangladesh is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Its poor farmers are most vulnerable to calamities yet they are often excluded in risk-sharing mechanisms. Traditional credit mechanisms hardly reach them. This presentation shares how an ADB project increased the resilience of…
22 August 2018
ICT is emerging as a promising sector in Bangladesh; it employs more than 200,000 people. The market size of ICT services is about $2 billion and aims to reach $5 billion in 2021. The challenge is to train and prepare human capital, as most IT graduates are deemed not ready to start a job.
24 April 2018
ADB and BWCCI have started their journey since September 2010. In line with this, with the technical and financial assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), BWCCI had implemented a project from August 2013 to November 2014 in Hatiya Upazila, Noakhali called “Enabling Poor Women’s…
24 April 2018
The presentation describes how an urban development project (Urban Governance and Infrastructure Project)—supported and financed by ADB—is addressing key gender issues, resulting to increased women's participation and leadership, women's economic empowerment, and women-friendly infrastructure and…