International Development Committee - Third Report
DFID's Programme in Bangladesh

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 23 February 2010.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

REPORT

SUMMARY

1  INTRODUCTION

DFID's Country Plan

The inquiry

Our visit to Bangladesh

The structure of this report

2  GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT

The state of governance
The political context

DFID's support for governance reform

Civil service strengthening

Improving accountability: parliament and parliamentarians

Improving accountability: civil society organisations

Increasing the tax base

Good governance: a long-term objective

3  REDUCING POVERTY AND INEQUALITY

Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals

Education

Targeting extreme poverty

Chars Livelihoods Programme

Targeting the urban poor

Service delivery: the role of NGOs

DFID's relationship with BRAC

4  TACKLING GENDER INEQUALITY

DFID's approach

Maternal and neonatal mortality

Empowering women

Monitoring progress

5  RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL DISASTERS

DFID's support for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction
Integrating climate change into development policy and practice

Increasing the resilience of the poor

Funding for climate change adaptation

Future scenarios: the regional dimension

South Asia Water Initiative

Regional climate change-triggered migration

6  BECOMING A MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY

Private sector development

Reducing corruption

Working with Bangladeshi communities

7  CONCLUSION

LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS

ANNEX: COMMITTEE'S VISIT PROGRAMME IN BANGLADESH

FORMAL MINUTES

WITNESSES

LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE

LIST OF UNPRINTED EVIDENCE

LIST OF REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE DURING THE CURRENT PARLIAMENT




MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 95-II)

Tuesday 20 October 2009
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Wednesday 16 December 2009

WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 95-II)

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Prepared 4 March 2010