Budget & Economy

Survey: People prefer more investment in education

August 24, 2017

When 5125 people were asked what they want the government to prioritize in the national budget, most of them answered with Education, followed by health, agriculture, transportation, and industrialization. 24…

Budget 2017-18: Achievements, Expectations and Challenges

June 7, 2017

Budget & Economy

The Government of Bangladesh has unveiled a record 4 trillion-taka budget for the fiscal year 2017-18. What impact will this budget have on the economy? Is the budget inclusive enough?…

বাজেট যখন ১০০ টাকায়

June 1, 2017

Blog, Budget & Economy

নতুন বাজেটের আয় ব্যায়ের সহজ হিসাব– অর্থবছর ২০১৭-১৮’র মোট বাজেট ৪ লাখ ২৬৬ কোটি টাকা যদি ১০০ টাকা হতোঃ

Policy Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption

August 27, 2016

ActionAid Bangladesh, Budget & Economy, Environment, Participation, Policy Forum, Policy Forum

IID, in partnership with ActionAid Bangladesh, organized a Policy Forum on sustainable production and consumption on Saturday 27 August 2016 in Chittagong. For more photos of this event click here…

Baseline survey for UC Berkeley completed

June 22, 2016

Budget & Economy, Environment, Research, UC Berkeley

IID has completed the baseline survey of 4000 of BRAC’s microfinance clients. Earlier, IID signed a contract with the University of California, Berkley to conduct a baseline and an end…

Finance Minister shooting for the moon to get the stars

June 3, 2016

Budget & Economy, Dhaka Tribune, Research

The BDT 3.4 trillion budget is consistent with the finance minister’s recent strategy of setting higher target which will fall short of target but register a modest growth. IID’s rapid…

Common monitoring platform for education to be developed

June 18, 2015

BRAC, Budget & Economy, EduCamp, Education, Participation, Research, Roundtable, Undialogue

Government and non-government educationists have agreed to establish a common online platform to monitor the progress of education sector. IID and BRAC, in collaboration with the education ministries will develop…

Education Budget for FY2015-16: Further Drop in Sectoral Priority

June 18, 2015

BRAC, Budget & Economy, EduCamp, Education, Research

In the budget for FY2015-16 taka 31,605 crore has been allocated to education (for the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education), which is taka 2,392…

Political unrest negatively affects passing rate

June 18, 2015

Budget & Economy, EduCamp, Education, Research

Passing rates of public examinations were adversely affected by political unrest during the past four decades, shows IID. Evidently, a stable political environment is prerequisite to better education in the…

Education Budget Analysis 2013 by IID

July 25, 2013

ActionAid Bangladesh, Budget & Economy, Education, Policy Analysis, Research

After the successful completion of the Undialogue titled ‘Education Financing in Bangladesh”, IID initiated a follow-up study with ActionAid Bangladesh in order to explore the challenges of realizing National Education…