B'desh to get support from global food security plan
Monday, 26 April 2010
The MD of the World Bank's Global Agriculture and Food Security programme Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said Bangladesh stood out as the leading nation to receive financial support from the Global Agriculture and Food Security programme because of its impressive progress in the agriculture sector, reports UNB.
She gave the assurance in a meeting with a Bangladesh's delegation to the Spring Meetings of the World Bank, according to a message received here Sunday.
The Bangladesh delegation, led by Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, in a meeting with senior officials of the WB group pointed out that two priority sectors where Bangladesh envisaged to bring in drastic positive changes were power and energy sectors and the transportation sector.
The Bangladesh delegation also included Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, Economic Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister Dr. Mashiur Rahman, Alternate Executive Director for Bangladesh at the World Bank Kazi M Aminul Islam, Additional Secretary, Economic Relations division, Arastoo Khan.
The delegation briefly apprised the WB officials about Bangladesh's development scenario and the initiatives taken by the present government to make Bangladesh a technologically capable middle income country by the year 2021.
The Finance Minister pointed out that already 64 digital portals had been established in Bangladesh which was a significant step towards taking benefits of modern ICT to the doorsteps of the grassroots people of Bangladesh.
Muhith said, "The Government has been looking out for all plausible options to improve the power generation capacity in Bangladesh".
He said the best option for Bangladesh was the coal based power plants and solicited the World Bank's cooperation in this respect.
Speaking on the transportation sector, the Finance Minister stated that the Bangladesh Government's initiatives were not confined to the surface infrastructure only as steps had been taken to carry out excavation activities in all major navigable channels in Bangladesh.
She gave the assurance in a meeting with a Bangladesh's delegation to the Spring Meetings of the World Bank, according to a message received here Sunday.
The Bangladesh delegation, led by Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, in a meeting with senior officials of the WB group pointed out that two priority sectors where Bangladesh envisaged to bring in drastic positive changes were power and energy sectors and the transportation sector.
The Bangladesh delegation also included Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, Economic Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister Dr. Mashiur Rahman, Alternate Executive Director for Bangladesh at the World Bank Kazi M Aminul Islam, Additional Secretary, Economic Relations division, Arastoo Khan.
The delegation briefly apprised the WB officials about Bangladesh's development scenario and the initiatives taken by the present government to make Bangladesh a technologically capable middle income country by the year 2021.
The Finance Minister pointed out that already 64 digital portals had been established in Bangladesh which was a significant step towards taking benefits of modern ICT to the doorsteps of the grassroots people of Bangladesh.
Muhith said, "The Government has been looking out for all plausible options to improve the power generation capacity in Bangladesh".
He said the best option for Bangladesh was the coal based power plants and solicited the World Bank's cooperation in this respect.
Speaking on the transportation sector, the Finance Minister stated that the Bangladesh Government's initiatives were not confined to the surface infrastructure only as steps had been taken to carry out excavation activities in all major navigable channels in Bangladesh.