Bangladesh

14 February 2025 - Kudzai Makombe Andrew Aziz Hang Tran

Strategic priority-setting as a key to Bangladesh's inclusive trade future

As the country prepares for graduation from LDC status in 2026, it is readying key industries to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and ensure that the economy continues its upward trajectory through its participation in the global trading system. Towards this future, the EIF has been partnering with the Government of Bangladesh and local institutions with a focus on pro-poor export and trade competitiveness. The EIF has supported capacity development, enabled policies and helped coordinate the public and private sectors to maximize sustainable trade and market competitiveness and contribute to the goal of decent work and better incomes.

14 December 2021 - Ratnakar Adhikari Annette Ssemuwemba

How aid for trade can best support Least Developed Countries in the next decade

How can LDCs be supported to improve their trade performance and sustainably raise their share of trade in the global economy?

4 May 2021 - Deanna Ramsay

Delving deep into trade priorities for least developed countries

Tourism, apparel and sustainable development strategies are covered in new series of policy briefs from the Enhanced Integrated Framework

27 April 2021 - Helen Castell

Action plan for increasing LDCs’ share of blended finance

Least developed countries (LDCs) receive only 6% of the private finance mobilized globally through blended finance, and even then funds are concentrated in a handful of LDCs while ‘last mile’ countries, sectors and businesses miss out.

16 February 2021 - Désirée Van Gorp

Making global value chains sustainable and enhancing the position of LDCs: A shared responsibility

Multinationals and governments need to recognize the trade world’s interconnectedness, and its impact

21 January 2021 - Violeta Gonzalez Behar Deanna Ramsay

Opinion: How the pandemic exposes power imbalances in global supply chains

Photo: An apparel worker at a garment factory that reopened amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

1 December 2020 - Dr. Fahmida Khatun

Access to finance is crucial for women entrepreneurs

In Bangladesh, COVID-19 is impacting the female labour force more

12 August 2020 - Michelle Kovacevic

Bangladesh seeing success leveraging resources to enhance trade

In 2017, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Commerce secured US$50 million from the World Bank to address trade facilitation and export diversification issues.

29 July 2020 - Michelle Kovacevic

Making it faster and easier for South Asian women to take businesses online

Recently launched ecommerce training program and portal will help hundreds of women entrepreneurs in South Asian LDCs become part of regional and global supply chains.