2009-2010 - BIDS

implementing TVET reforms including installing
lifelong learning mechanisms and articulation. The
study was completed in September 2008 and its
Project Director was Abdul Hye Mondal.
Competitiveness of Garment Industry in
Bangladesh
The study examines how the competitiveness of
garments industries in Bangladesh has changed
after the phasing out of MFA. For this purpose, a
field survey of 300 sample garments enterprises
has been carried out. Of the sample enterprises,
200 belong to the sample of 222 enterprises
that were surveyed by IDE in 2003. The rest of
the sample enterprises are chosen from the list
of enterprises set up after 2003 obtained from
the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and
Exporters Association (BGMEA) on the basis of
appropriate sampling methodology. The study
was completed in February 2010 and Zaid Bakht
was its Project Director. Team members included
Mohammad Yunus and Nazneen Ahmed.
Assessment of Social Safeguard of the Persons
Affected by the Padma Multipurpose Bridge
Project
Under the project, a census of households and
individuals likely to be affected directly and
indirectly by the proposed Padma Multipurpose
Bridge Project (PMBP) project right-of-way is
conducted in order to ensure social safeguard
compliance. The study recommends discreet
resettlement policy framework and plan for the
project affected persons (PAPs) embodying not
only adequate mitigation principles but also
development strategies for improving the cognitive
skills and capacity of the PAPs and creating an
enabling environment for them. The study will be
completed in March 2011 and its Project Directors
are Abdul Hye Mondal and Mustafa K. Mujeri.
of Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) for
mitigating adverse effects of the Rural Transport
Improvement Project (RTIP). This study shows that
road improvement has considerably improved the
access of rural communities to various economic
and social opportunities. The study nevertheless
recommends that land administration rules and
regulations need to be simplified, adequate
and timely compensation is to be paid and
grievance redress mechanism as an integral part
of the program must be ensured. The study was
completed in December 2008 and its Project
Director was Bimal Kumar Saha.
Integration of ICT Industries and Its Impact
on Market Access and Trade: The Case of
Bangladesh and India
The development of the ICT sector critically
depends on strategic alliance and networking
as well as on proper infrastructure and human
capital development. There is strong evidence
that forming alliances, clustering and networking
help small firms to compete, grow and cooperate
with large firms. By surveying ICT firms in India
and Bangladesh, the study explores modalities
and mechanisms through which ICT firms could
forge horizontal links among them, and vertical
Independent Review of the Resettlement
Program under Rural Transport Improvement
Project
The study assesses land acquisition programs
in terms of adoption and implementation
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