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Impacts of Railways on Elephants: Experience from Bangladesh

16 July 2019
Science-based and data-driven approach to promoting Asian elephant and other wildlife connectivity in conjunction with the railway project in Bangladesh

Trust Counts: World Bank Bangladesh Clean Cooking Program

20 June 2019
Around 80% of the households in Bangladesh use solid fuels for cooking. Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) affects 132 million people and contributes to 107,000 deaths each year. For women and children, it’s a grave health hazard. The World Bank in partnership with Infrastructure Development Company…

Barriers and Enablers to Renewable Energy Financing and Investment for Grid-connected Wind and Solar

20 June 2019
Wind and solar are undergoing a global revolution with rapidly increasing installations driven by a range of technical, economic, regulatory, and institutional drivers. Recent work under the USAID, US-APEC Technical Assistance to Advance Regional Integration (US-ATAARI) project, found that…

Scene Setting: Green Buildings and Eco-Districts Financing and Implementation Mechanisms

20 June 2019
How do you promote green building, energy efficiency, performing cooling, and heating methods in countries/cities that are lacking capacity? In this presentation, Mr. Heckmann discussed ADB's Ulaanbaatar Green Affordable Housing and Resilient Urban Renewal Project. It is a large-scale demonstration…

Enabling Poor Women's Participation in the RE Sector in Bangaladesh - Hatiya Project

19 June 2019
This presentation gave an overview of the renewable energy landscape in Bangladesh, as well as key lessons from the Enabling Poor Women's Participation in the Renewable Energy Sector - Hatiya Project and some suggestions for the way forward.

Enabling Poor Women's Participation in the RE Sector in Bangaladesh - Hatiya Project

17 June 2019
This presentation discussed the key lessons from the ADB technical and financial assistance project in Hatiya Upazila, Noakhali called “Enabling Poor Women’s Participation in the Renewable Energy Sector in Bangladesh".

Country Presentation: Mongolia

27 May 2019

Bangladesh Railway

22 May 2019
Bangladesh, a member of South Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC), is developing a railway network linking the country with neighboring SASEC member countries like India, Myanmar, and Nepal under the financial assistance from different institutions such as ADB. In this presentation, Mr.…

Business Models to Promote Community Technology Uptake (IDCOL)

24 April 2019
Learn more about IDCOL, a development financial institution owned by the Bangladesh government, and check out how it operates in infrastructure and renewable energy sectors.

Gender Diversity and Equality Realities of the Industry and the Private Sector in Bangladesh

24 April 2019
Gender and Ethnic Diversity brings in enterprise experience, skills, approaches, talents, innovation. Workplace diversity initiatives improve organizational adaptability, competitive advantage and increase the image of the enterprise. Bangladesh does not have a wide range of ethnic community and…