Period
:
August - October, 1983 Firm's Name : Centre
for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB) Project Name : Bangladesh
& FAO : Ten Years of Cooperation 1973-1983 Client : Food and
Agricultural Organization (FAO), Dhaka. Detailed Narrative Description of
Project & Services provided : The Study was
designed to make an analytical appraisal of the decade of cooperation
between FAO and Bangladesh. Some of the FAO / UNDP sponsored projects
in Bangladesh were critically examined within the framework of the
study.
Period : September
- May, 1984 - 1985 Firm's Name
: Centre for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB) Project Name
: Studies on Operation, Maintenance and Productive
use of
Flood Control, Drainage & Irrigation Client : Ministry
of Irrigation, Water Development and Flood Control and
Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives,
GOB. Detailed Narrative Description of
Project & Services provided : This was a multi-disciplinary
study of Flood Control, Drainage and Irrigation Projects (FCDI).
It involved intensive test studies of FCDI tructures in the project
area focusing on their engineering, social economic, technical,
legal and administrative aspects. The study aimed at assessing the
physical features, operation and maintenance, resource availabilitys,
the level of popular participation, the nature, extent and potential
for resource use relating to selected structures of FCDI, The organizational,
institutional, administrative and legalistic complexities relating
to the operation and maintenance aspects of the structures were
also studied. Special attention as given to analysing the legal,
administrative and technical aspects of access of the rural poor
in the FCDI projects.
Period : October -
December, 1984 Firm's Name : Centre
for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB) Project Name : Draft
Ordinance for Setting up the Jamuna Multi-purpose Interconnector
Authority Client : Ministry
of Communication, GOB. Detailed Narrative Description of
Project & Services provided : A draft ordinance
was drawn up for onsideration, vetting and use by the Ministry of
Communication in connection with the setting up of Jamuna Multipurpose
Interconnector Authority. Expertise provided for the project included
legal experts, public finance specialists and experts on administrative
affairs.
Period : August -
October, 1985 Firm's
Name :
Centre for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB) Project Name : Forty
Years of FAO and Cooperation with Bangladesh Client : Food and
Agricultural Organization (FAO), Dhaka. Detailed Narrative Description of
Project & Services provided : This was an evaluation
study on the FAO activities in connection with the celebration of
the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the organization. FAO
activities in Bangladesh were specially highlighted and critically
examined. Some of the FAO / UNDP sponsored projects were also objectively
examined in this connection.
Period : September -
March, 1985 – 1986 Firm's Name : Centre
for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB) Project Name : Study
of Resource Availability in Relation to Requirement of
Catchment Area Planning & Management Client : Bangladesh
Water Development Board, Master Plan Organisation &
The Ford Foundation Detailed Narrative Description of Project
& Services provided : The Study aimed at contributing
to better utilization of the available resource-human, material and
financial-for Catchment Area Planning and Management (CAPM). It also
purported to estimate the additional resources required for effective
CAPM by comparing current availability with total requirement.
Period : April - August,
1987 Firm's Name : Centre
for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB) Project Name : Improvement
of Commodity Aid Utilization in Bangladesh Client : External Resources
Division, GOB, UNDP and The World Bank Detailed Narrative Description of Project
& Services provided : This study was aimed at
an in-depth investigation into the commodity aid utilized in Bangladesh,
to identify the extent of and reasons for its constrained utilization
and to suggest possible solutions. Wide range of involved entrepreneurs
and government and trade organization officials and representatives
of donor agencies were interviewed to particularly highlight the problems
connected with the operation of major import programmes.
Period : April - July,
1987 Firm's Name : Centre
for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB) Project Name : Improvement
of Project Aid Utilization in Bangladesh Client : External Resources
Division GOB, UNDP and World Bank Detailed Narrative Description of Project
& Services provided : The study was intended to
make an in-depth investigation of the way project aid was utilized
in Bangladesh, to identify the reasons for low productivity of development
assistance to the country and to propose options for ensuring the
effectiveness particularly regarding the main goals and objectives
of project aid. Investigation of current procedures and practices
with special reference to planning and project approval and review
of implementation issues like procurement and training were among
the major tasks. Policy measures were recommended for short-term improvement
and long-term structural changes.
Period : May - June,
1991 Firm's Name : Centre
for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB) Project Name : Study
Report on Poverty Alleviation & Balance Growth Client : Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA) Detailed Narrative Description of Project
& Services provided : The core of the development
objectives in predominantly poor Bangladesh is the alleviation of
mass poverty. In recent years policies have been adopted at the macro
economic level to help achieve objectives through faster and expanded
growth of the economy and significant enhancement of opportunities
for gainful employment, through expanded role of the Human Resource
Development sectors, enhanced participation of women in development
and greater poverty alleviation. The study performed an up-to-date
review of the status of GOB's plans, programs, activities, in-terms
especially of, financial investment, allocation and expenditures in
the spheres of Poverty Alleviation, Human Resources and Social Sectors
Development with emphasis on Women-in-Development (WID).
Period : July - March,
1991 – 1992 Firm's Name : Centre
for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB) Project Name : Financial
Planning Study for Upazila Parishad (FPSUP) under Rural Roads and
Markets Improvement and Maintenance Project (RRMIMP) Client : Ministry of
Local Government, Rural Development & Co-operatives &
Local Government Engineering Bureau (LGEB), Government of Bangladesh. Detailed Narrative Description of Project
& Services provided : The objective of the study
is to arrive at a government financial plan or strategy to enable
upazilas to handle their responsibilities including recommendations
on how to strengthen capability of Upazilas to mobilize more resources
from existing or new sources.
Period
: August - February, 1991 - 1992 Firm's Name : Centre
for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB) Project Name : A Feasibility
Study on Regulatory Functions of Government with regard to Small &
Medium Enterprises that can be transferred to the Chambers of Commerce
and Industry in Bangladesh Client : The Federation
of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce Industries and ZDH (Germany) Detailed Narrative Description of Project
& Services provided : The objective of the study
is to examine the problems faced by Small and Medium Scale Enterprises
(SME), services offered by the chamber and its capability to cater
to the needs of SME and to undertake the responsibilities of regulatory
functions which are now being performed by the GOB.
