2009-2010 - BIDS

Memorandum of Understanding between BIDS
and IFPRI
In July 2009, BIDS and the International Food Policy
Research Institute (IFPRI) with its headquarters in
Washington DC signed an agreement to establish
cooperative relations to promote collaborative
research and capacity strengthening activities.
Potential collaborative activities would cover a
wide range of areas such as building a stronger
and more integrated knowledge support system
in Bangladesh for future food policy analysis
and helping agricultural and rural development
strategy decisions, strengthening policies and
programs to reduce poverty and hunger, and
evaluating the implementation and impacts of
various interventions. The BIDS and IFPRI have
started collaboration under the Policy Research
and Strategy Support Program (PRSSP) with
support from the USAID.
Research Collaboration between BIDS and
Bangladesh Bank
The BIDS and the Bangladesh Bank (the central
bank) have agreed to undertake joint research
and related activities on issues of mutual interest
,especially relating to macroeconomic modeling
and forecasting and the overall monetary and
financial systems of the country. Under the
Agreement, the two institutions will collaborate
in research, training, joint holding of workshops/
seminars, and any other activity agreed upon by
both the parties.
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