Period:
January
- June, 1992
Firm's Name:
Centre for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB)
Project Name: Dealers
Development Study for the Crop Diversification Programme (CDP) Client:
AGRODEV CANADA INC. Detailed
Narrative Description of Project & Services provided : The
main aims of the Crop Diversification Programme (CDP) are
to improve the nutritional conditions and level of food self-sufficiency
in the country by increasing the production and consumption of pulses,
tubers and oilseeds. Ninety Thanas (administrative sub-districts
formerly called upazillas) have been targeted for CDP, located
primarily in the south central, south west and north west part
of the country. In order to reach these targets it is essential
that farmers have reasonable access to variety of impacts and services
such as farm machinery, repair services, seed,
fertilizer, chemicals, credit, fuel etc. the sources of which
are located at recognized Growth Centers, Haats or major
towns. The process of CDP also examines the distributors
mechanism of agricultural inputs supplies including
fertilizer in the CDP area. The Study examined
the present distribution mechanism of fertilizer in the CDP areas.
It identified, by examining the work of the sellers and distributors
in the projects area, the inadequacies and problems, relative
to providing reasonable services to clients both male and
female. It also surveyed the knowledge and experiences
of the operating in their respective trade and their
need for training and also possibility of using dealers as support
to GOB extension efforts by providing information on their
products.
Period
: September
- October, 1992
Firm's
Name: Centre
for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB)
Project
Name: Procedure
Papers for Transfer of Specific Government Regulatory Functions
(with regard to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises) to the
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FBCCI) & its member-bodies.
Client:
The
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce Industries and
ZDH - Technonet Asia
Detailed Narrative Description of Project
& Services provided : The
work involved detailed description and analysis of the procedures
of transfer from Government agencies to FBCCI and its member-bodies
(private sector, Chamber and Associations) of such regulatory functions
as: Issue of Trade License, Dealership License, Registration
and Administration of Export Quota for Garments.
Period:
October
- November, 1992
Firm's
Name: Centre
for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB)
Project
Name: Preparation
of a Background Paper for the Local Consultative Group (LCG) of
donors on Environment
Client:
Ministry of Environment & Forest, GOB (Funded
: UNDP, Dhaka)
Detailed Narrative Description of Project
& Services provided : The
exercise involved outlining and analysing efforts and initiatives
(government and non-government ) both ongoing and planned
in Bangladesh to implement the recommendations and agreed
plan of action of the United Nations conference on Environment
and Development ( UNDCED June ' 92 ).
Period:
October
- January, 1992 – 1993
Firm's
Name: Centre
for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB)
Project
Name: A
Study on Personnel Policy in Education Sector for the General Education
Projectin Bangladesh
Client:
Ministry
of Education, Government of Bangladesh and The World Bank, Dhaka
Detailed Narrative Description of Project
& Services provided : The
objective of the study included documentation and analysis of the
personnel system and policy with regard to recruitment, promotion
and transfer of personnel in the Ministry of Education and
the agencies under it, identification of the issues and problems
and suggestions for short and long-term solutions to increase
the efficiency of the system.
Period:
February
- April, 1993
Firm's
Name: Centre
for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB)
Project
Name: Public
Administration Sector Study (BGD/92/901):Segment on Decision-Making
Client:
Ministry
of Establishment, Government of Bangladesh, UNDP and UNDESD
Detailed Narrative Description of Project
& Services provided : The
task in this assignment, was to identify the problems of decision-
making in the public administration sector by analysing decision-making
issues, including responsibility and authority for both policy and
administration and decentralization both vertically and horizontally.
Identification of the problems in decision-making was designed to
lead to practical and implementable recommendations for solving
these problems.
Period:
February
- December, 1989 – 1995
Firm's
Name: Centre
for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB)
Project
Name: A
Study on the Stucture, Mode, Mechanism & Impact of Public
RepresentationinBangladesh
Client:
The
Asia Foundation, Dhaka
Detailed Narrative Description of Project
& Services provided : The
objective of the study was to examine the process of choosing
public representatives in Bangladesh from a historical and macro
persective. One of the main goals of the study was to
analyse if the process has so far contributed to political
maturity and development in the country. The process of administration
of the public representation system and functioning of the
election tribunals were also examined.
Period:
April
- June, 1992 – 1994
Firm's
Name: Centre
for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB)
Project
Name: Building
Operational Strategies of Sustainable Development upon People's
Initiatives Management and Development of Local Resources
Client:
Asian
and Pacific Development Centre (APDC), Malaysia.
Detailed
Narrative Description of Project & Services provided :
In
no other country is the issue of sustainable development so relevant
& more urgent, as it is Bangladesh. This urgency is dictated
by the fact that the pressure of livelihood here is increasingly
putting ever more pressures on the natural resources like land,
water & energy. This vicious cycle can only be broken by another
cycle an integrated one which links such vital factors as production,
environment, literacy, health, family planning in an effort to break
the pessimistic scenario that inevitable awaits if energetic efforts
are not undertaken on a sustained basis. This project aiming at
sustainable development has this integration as the focus of its
programmes, action & intentions. The experience gathered in
this field in Bangladesh (as elsewhere in other developing countries)
& a stick-taking of innovations as well as augmenting &
constraining factors in achieving the target objectives, also form
parts of the theoretical & practical study.
Period:
December,
1992 – 1993
Firm's Name: Centre for Development Research, Bangladesh
(CDRB)
Project Name:
Outlining
Institutional Framework for Water Resources Management andFlood
Action Projects in Bangladesh
Client:
Flood
Plan Coordinating Office, Ministry of Irrigation and Flood
Control, GOB and The World Bank, Dhaka
Detailed Narrative Description of Project
& Services provided : The
work involves outlining the institutional framework for planning
and implementation of Flood Action Plan and Water Resources
Management project in Bangladesh and analysing the problems and
issues in People's Participation in such management and recommending
possible solutions to the problems arising.
Period:
April
- June, 1993
Firm's
Name: Centre
for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB)
Project Name: Idea
and Procedure Papers for Assumption by the Federation of Bangladesh
Chambers ofCommerce and Industry (FBCCI) and its member-bodies (private
sector bodies) ofPromotional Functions for Small and Medium
Scale Enterprises now performed by Government Agencies
Client:
FBCCI
and ZDH - Technonet Asia
Detailed Narrative Description of Project
& Services provided : The
work involves description and analysis of procedures for assumption
by FBCCI and its member bodies, some promotional functions for SMEs
(now performed by Government agencies). These functions included
: Investment and Export Promotion, Marketing Promotion, Promotional
Publications etc.
Period: June
- February, 1993 - 1994
Firm's
Name: Centre
for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB) & DPC Group of
Consultants
Project
Name:
Personnel
Policy Planning Study of Education Sector
Client: PMED/GEP,
Government of Bangladesh
Detailed Narrative Description of Project
& Services provided :
The study was mainly designed to identify current issues problems
with respect to recruitment, promotion and transfer of staff as
a whole for the education sector, more specifically for the primary
sub sector. The study also concentrated on some issues which
are crucial in terms of personnel management in the education
sector and resolving these issues would bring efficiency
in the sector.
