The worst industrial accident in the history of Bangladesh has exposed the scale of internal culture change necessary to validate the World Bank’s new goal to eliminate global poverty by 2030.
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Bangladesh PM lectures India and China on climate change
Speaking at the Climate Vulnerable Forum, Sheikh Hasina appeals to major emitting countries to face up to their responsibilities on climate change.
Asian migrants are not for sale
There’s something uncomfortably de-humanizing about packaging economic migrants, as though they were destined for shipping containers.
Good news on Bangladesh poverty, maybe
Long-awaited results of the 2010 household income and expenditure survey are beginning to leak out in the Bangladesh media.
Bangladesh looks both ways on human rights
In its most recent MDG Progress Report Bangladesh has explicitly analysed the connection between human rights and poverty in the context of the MDGs.
Pershing may feel heat in global warming talks
As a fresh round of UN climate change talks gets under way in Bangkok today, there are signs that developing countries are losing patience with global leaders in general and with the regressive attitude of US Congress in particular.
Pachauri opens door to new climate adaptation science
A new approach to tackling climate change in developing countries may win greater recognition, thanks to support from the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Speaking yesterday at the close of the 5th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change held in Bangladesh, Dr Rajendra Pachauri announced that its findings could be… Continue reading Pachauri opens door to new climate adaptation science