UNB, Dhaka :
The two-day Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) 2015 ended here on Monday with both the government and development partners promising to build a greater partnership in achieving the goals of the 7th Five Year Plan and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Forum came up with specific recommendations for a number of priority areas for the country, including agriculture, food security, climate change, energy, infrastructure, governance, health, quality education, social protection and gender mainstreaming.
The two-day Forum brought together ministers, top government officials, representatives of development partners and civil society for finding areas to strengthen partnership for Bangladesh’s rapid development.
After the meeting, a communique was issued identifying a few areas for future economic growth and elimination of poverty from Bangladesh.
It said, creating decent jobs and tackling the barriers to growth and investment, including strengthening high quality infrastructure, especially improving the enabling environment for the private sector. Besides, the communique said, building human capital is a pre-requisite for growth and poverty reduction, by improving the equity, quality and efficiency of health and education services.
It suggested strengthening social protection provision for the extreme poor, the marginalized
and the most vulnerable through efficient social protection programmes. The communique also advocated for enhancing women’s empowerment by enforcing the existing laws and policies, increasing women’s participation in the labour force, improving their access to productive resources, eliminating child marriage, and eliminating violence against women.
The two-day Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) 2015 ended here on Monday with both the government and development partners promising to build a greater partnership in achieving the goals of the 7th Five Year Plan and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Forum came up with specific recommendations for a number of priority areas for the country, including agriculture, food security, climate change, energy, infrastructure, governance, health, quality education, social protection and gender mainstreaming.
The two-day Forum brought together ministers, top government officials, representatives of development partners and civil society for finding areas to strengthen partnership for Bangladesh’s rapid development.
After the meeting, a communique was issued identifying a few areas for future economic growth and elimination of poverty from Bangladesh.
It said, creating decent jobs and tackling the barriers to growth and investment, including strengthening high quality infrastructure, especially improving the enabling environment for the private sector. Besides, the communique said, building human capital is a pre-requisite for growth and poverty reduction, by improving the equity, quality and efficiency of health and education services.
It suggested strengthening social protection provision for the extreme poor, the marginalized
and the most vulnerable through efficient social protection programmes. The communique also advocated for enhancing women’s empowerment by enforcing the existing laws and policies, increasing women’s participation in the labour force, improving their access to productive resources, eliminating child marriage, and eliminating violence against women.
