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WB to finance $1.1b for five human dev, climate resilience projects

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TBS Report
23 November, 2023, 05:30 pm
Last modified: 23 November, 2023, 10:27 pm

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WB to finance $1.1b for five human dev, climate resilience projects

TBS Report
23 November, 2023, 05:30 pm
Last modified: 23 November, 2023, 10:27 pm
Photo: Courtesy
Photo: Courtesy

The World Bank signed five financing agreements with Bangladesh to help the country achieve resilient and inclusive growth by improving early childhood development, secondary education, riverbank protection and navigability, urban primary health, and gas distribution efficiency.

Economic Relations Division Senior Secretary Sharifa Khan and World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan Abdoulaye Seck yesterday signed the agreements worth more than $1.1 billion on behalf of their respective sides, reads a press release.

"Bangladesh is an important partner for the World Bank toward its vision of a world free of poverty on a livable planet. Since the country's independence, the World Bank and Bangladesh have had an impactful partnership that lifted millions of Bangladeshi people out of poverty," said Abdoulaye Seck.

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"These projects will help prepare our children for a brighter future while improving resilience to climate change," he added.

"Bangladesh and the World Bank have a strong partnership focused on achieving the country's vision of upper-middle-income status by 2031 and higher income status by 2041," said Sharifa Khan.

"These projects are aligned with the Eighth Five-Year Plan 2021-2025 and support the country's graduation from LDC status in 2026 and the vision 2041," she added.

The five projects include the $210 million Bangladesh Enhancing Investments and Benefits for Early Years Project, which will help improve early childhood development by providing cash transfers and counselling services to about 1.7 million pregnant women and mothers of children under 4 years of age in vulnerable households.

The $300 million Learning Acceleration in Secondary Education Operation Project will help strengthen secondary education by improving learning outcomes and teaching quality. To help recover from learning losses incurred during the Covid-19 pandemic and to improve preparedness for future shocks, the project will introduce complementary online learning blended with in-class education. To reduce dropout rates, the program will provide stipends to 8 million vulnerable students and ensure that 5,000 schools have active sexual harassment and prevention committees in place.

The $102 million Jamuna River Sustainable Management Project 1, will help improve riverbank protection and navigability in the Jamuna River, protecting about 2,500 hectares of land from riverbank erosion and flooding, saving thousands of people from displacement and safeguarding their livelihoods and assets. It will improve navigation channels with adequate depth that can accommodate large cargo vessels year-round and revive inland water transport and trade.

The $200 million Urban Health, Nutrition and Population Project will improve primary healthcare services for treatment, prevention and referral for common illnesses including mosquito-borne diseases like dengue in Dhaka North and South City Corporations, Chattogram City Corporation, and Savar, and Tarabo municipalities. 

It will also support mosquito control, medical waste management, and behaviour change communication. It will help improve antenatal services for women, with a target of over 250,000 women receiving at least four checkups during pregnancy. It will support hypertension screening and follow-up of about 1.3 million adults.

The $300 million Gas Sector Efficiency Improvement and Carbon Abatement Project will help improve the efficiency of gas distribution and end-use through pre-paid metering systems and reduce methane emissions along the natural gas value chain. It will install more than 1.2 million prepaid gas metres in Dhaka and Rajshahi Division. Prepaid gas metres and advanced monitoring systems will help optimise natural gas end-use, mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and lower gas bills for households and industrial users.

The credits are from the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA). Bangladesh currently has the largest ongoing IDA programme totaling $16.46 billion in 57 projects. 

The World Bank was among the first development partners to support Bangladesh and has committed more than $40 billion in grants, interest-free, and concessional credits since the country's independence in 1971. 

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