COVID-19 has hit poor and vulnerable countries the hardest, threatening decades of hard-won gains. That’s why the World Bank’s International Development Association is stepping up support.
ECNEC approves nine schemes worth Rs251b
Clears Pak-China optical fibre cable project for fast communication between two nations
ISLAMABAD:
The government on Thursday approved nine mega-development schemes worth Rs251 billion, including an umbrella project worth Rs70 billion to improve its response to the coronavirus pandemic and other calamities.
Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chaired the meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec), which also approved Rs38 billion Pak-China optical fibre cable scheme for fast communication between the two nations.
The Covid-19 response and other natural calamities control programme were approved by the Ecnec at a cost of Rs70 billion as a federal share, according to the statement issued by the finance ministry. The project includes National Health up-gradation programme, National programme for Water and Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Covid-19 interventions for less developed areas, it added.
World Bank helps Bangladesh provide education and skill training to poor children and youth
Dhaka, Jan 18 (UNI) The government of Bangladesh on Monday signed a
6.5 million financing agreement with the World Bank to enable around 39,000 slum children complete primary education as well as provide pre-vocational training to 8,500 school-dropped out youths in Cox’s Bazar.
This additional financing to the Second Reaching Out of School Children (ROSC II) Project will support poor children aged between 8- to 14-years in eight city corporations to complete primary education cycle. This will also help vulnerable out-of-school local youth and adolescents in Cox’s Bazar to complete three-month courses in pre-vocational and enterprise development training.
World Bank Helps Bangladesh Provide Education and Skills Training to Poor Children and Youths
DHAKA, Jan. 18, 2021 - The government of Bangladesh today signed a $6.5 million financing agreement with the World Bank to enable around 39,000 slum children complete primary education as well as provide pre-vocational training to 8,500 school-dropped out youths in Cox s Bazar.
This additional financing to the
Second Reaching Out of School Children (ROSC II) Project will support poor children aged between 8- to 14-years in eight city corporations to complete primary education cycle. This will also help vulnerable out-of-school local youth and adolescents in Cox s Bazar to complete three-month courses in pre-vocational and enterprise development training.