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Hunger is an issue that has stagnated over the years, yet Bangladesh has shown tremendous efforts towards hunger reduction in the last couple of years, particularly during one of their hardest times during the late 1970s, [5] although the early 2000s were also challenging. [6]
Badiul Alam Majumdar (born February 1946) is a Bangladeshi economist, activist and election expert. [1] [2] [3] He is the vice president and country director of the US-based charity The Hunger Project. [4]
The Hunger Project (THP), founded in 1977 with the stated goal of ending world hunger in 25 years, is an organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger.It has ongoing programs in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, where it implements programs aimed at mobilizing rural grassroots communities to achieve sustainable progress in health, education, nutrition, and family income. [1]
Monga is a Bengali term referring to the yearly cyclical phenomenon of poverty and hunger in Bangladesh. It is also called "mora Kartik," which means "months of death and disaster." It refers to two times per year, from September–November (after the aman crop is planted) and from March–April (after the boro crop is planted). [1]
The players in Bangladesh, many of them living in poverty, aren’t in it for fame, glory or cash. They’re playing to win every day staples like rice, oil, sugar, lentils and other items that ...
Padma Bridge is an under construction mega project of Bangladesh. Human Development Index: ranked 133rd [42] Global Peace Index: ranked 91st [43] Global Hunger Index: ranked 76th [44] Global Health Security Index: ranked 95th [45] Global Education Index: ranked 120th [46] Population below poverty line: ranked 80th [47]
This project is a Social Safety Net Programme of the government. My Village My Town: Rural area n/a Proposed [49] Tk1.5 trillion It is a Peri-Urbanisation project for 87,230 villages from 64 district. It is one of the most expensive but necessary project for Bangladesh to go step by step through decentralization.
The World Bank began financing the Kenya Forest Service’s Natural Resources Management Project in 2007. It promised to cover $68.5 million of the project’s $78 million budget in an effort to help the KFS “improve the livelihoods of communities participating in the co-management of water and forests.”