Stories

Women Advocates for Harvesting Rainwater in Salinity-Affected Coastal Bangladesh

The coastal belt of Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable areas to climate change as it is hit hard by cyclones, floods, and storm surges every year, destroyin...

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Press Releases

UNDP and AUW to promote intercommunal and religious harmony through creating a safe and tolerant digital space

Under this partnership, UNDP and AUW organized a three-day long hackathon titled “Digital Khichuri Challenge for Pathway to Peaceful Societies: Catalyzing Youth a...

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Press Releases

National Adaptation Plan to make Bangladesh climate resilient

The National Adaption Plan (NAP) will help Bangladesh to reduce its vulnerability to the negative impacts of climate change by having relevant ministries, departm...

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Stories

Changing lives of urban poor

Ismat continued to recount the early days of hardship as they worked to build their business from scratch with UNDP's support.

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News

COVID-19 Vaccination: Overcoming Misinformation through Sensemaking and Mobilization in the Remote areas in the Chittagong Hill Tracts

We had no notion of the COVID-19 vaccine that might immunize our bodies and keep us safe from the coronavirus. But when the UNDP Accelerator Lab came to our local...

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Press Releases

Digital skills for women entrepreneurs critical to boost the post-pandemic recovery

Many potentials of e-commerce were exposed during the pandemic, which is subject to the availability of digital tools and skills for the women entrepreneurs that ...

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Publications

The 2021/2022 Human Development Report

The 2021/2022 Human Development Report is the latest in the series of global Human Development Reports published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP...

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Blog

Ensuring climate justice for the urban poor

The northeast of Bangladesh has been battling its worst flooding in over a century. Rising waters washed away homes, livelihoods, farmlands, roads, and critical i...

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What We Do

UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations though sustainable, innovative, and community-based development projects. Since 1972, UNDP and its partners have helped Bangladesh make critical advances in the areas of governance, poverty reduction, climate change and disaster resilience. Communities are made stronger by our partnerships and assistance.

Bangladesh at a Glance

168.1

Population (in Millions)
(UNFPA - 2019)

$4976

GNI per capita
(PPP $ - 2017)

0.9

Gender Dev. Index
(HDR - 2020)

0.632

Human Dev Index
(HDR - 2020)

36.8

Exports and imports
(% of GDP)
(HDR - 2020)

97.3

Mobile phone subscription
(per 100 people)
(HDR - 2020)

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