Implementing Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100: Key to boost economic growth
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Bangladesh features the world’s largest river delta, formed by the junction of three great rivers – the Ganges, the Brahmaputra, and the Meghna. Photo: World Bank
Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100
The Government of Bangladesh has formulated a comprehensive development plan - the Bangladesh Delta Plan (BDP 2100), focusing on economic growth, environmental conservation, and enhanced climate resilience. The plan lays out holistic and cross-sectoral action needed to improve productivity and minimize disaster risks.
Coupled with increasing climate risks, a business-as-usual scenario, without the implementation of the plan, would lead to declining agricultural production, increased unemployment, and migration. This would put additional pressure on urbanization resulting in an estimated decline in GDP growth to 6.8% by 2031 and 5.6% by 2041. This would mean an additional 25.1 million people living in moderate p
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World Bank Helps Bangladesh Improve Irrigation-based Agricultural Productivity
Published 4 weeks ago
The World Bank today approved $120 million to help Bangladesh improve food security by enhancing climate resilience and productivity of irrigated agriculture and fisheries.
The Climate-Smart Agriculture and Water Management Project will rehabilitate and modernize public Flood Control, Drainage, and Irrigation (FCDI) infrastructures. This will help improve irrigation and drainage service over 115,000 hectares where flood damage to crops will be reduced by 60 percent. The project will help increase the incomes of 170,000 poor people who are vulnerable to climate change. Half of the beneficiaries will be women.
“In Bangladesh, more than 70 percent of the population is dependent on agriculture for their livelihood but their exposure to climate and natural disasters makes them vulnerable,” said Mercy Tembon, World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan.