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Promoting Cooperation in South Asia: An Agenda for the 13th SAARC Summit

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Academic and Reference Books
International Relations and Security Studies
South Asian Studies
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English
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375
ISBN: 
984 05 1730 9
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Centre For Policy Dialogue (CPD)
South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS)
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
2004
Number of Pages: 
100
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This volume is a compendium of the papers presented at the Conference convened jointly by Wilton Park and the South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS) which was held at Wilton Park, Sussex, UK, during 11-12 October 2004. The Wilton Park Conference was a follow up of the twelfth SAARC Summit held in Islamabad in January 2004, and originates from a collective endeavour to provide inputs to the thirteenth SAARC Summit scheduled to be held in Dhaka during 9-11 January 2005.

Emerging Issues in Bangladesh Economy: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 2005-06

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Economics and Finance
Bangladesh Studies
Development Studies
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English
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890
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984 70220 0025 7
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Centre For Policy Dialogue (CPD)
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
2008
Number of Pages: 
415
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The present volume on Emerging Issues in Bangladesh Economy: A Review of Bangladesh's Development 2005-06, is the tenth publication under the pioneering initiative of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) titled Independent Review of Bangladesh's Development (IRBD). Over the past years, since 1995, the IRBDs, an annual publication of the CPD, have been able to establish a tradition of high scholarship and a credible civil society perspective on key issues of developmental concern and interest in Bangladesh.

Cultural Cooperation in South Asia: The Search for Community

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Academic and Reference Books
South Asian Studies
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English
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450
ISBN: 
984 05 1469 5
Publisher: 
Centre For Policy Dialogue (CPD)
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
1999
Number of Pages: 
228
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The South Asian Regional Dialogue took off in 1991 to promote a greater sense of community within South Asia. Between 1991 and 1995 successive dialogues were organised in New Delhi, Kandy, Lahore and Kathmandu. The fifth dialogue was held in Dhaka on 25-27 February 1997. The dialogue focused on the way in which different art forms address the themes viz., Social Justice and Human Rights, Women in Society and Fundamentalism and Communalism.

A Citizen’s Social Charter for South Asia: An Agenda for Civic Action

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Academic and Reference Books
International Relations and Security Studies
South Asian Studies
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English
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978 984 05 1743 5
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Centre For Policy Dialogue (CPD)
South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS)
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
2005
Number of Pages: 
123
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The South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS) has commissioned a Task Force drawn from across South Asia to prepare a Citizen's Social Charter for South Asia (CSCSA). This charter, which was prepared over a period of six years, involved citizen's groups from across Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. This is the first volume published on the CSCSA.

Transforming Eastern South Asia: Building Growth Zones for Economic Cooperation

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Academic and Reference Books
International Relations and Security Studies
South Asian Studies
Development Studies
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English
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ISBN: 
984 05 1497 0
Publisher: 
Centre For Policy Dialogue (CPD)
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
1999
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200
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This study addresses the issue of sub-regional economic cooperation between Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and India with particular emphasis on the regions of North East India. It discusses the scope and implications of bringing together the least developed eastern regions of South Asia along with their immediate neighbour, Myanmar, another least developed country within a growth zone designed to harness the collective resources of the area for the purposes of transforming a once backward area into a dynamic and prosperous region.

Regional Cooperation in South Asia

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Academic and Reference Books
South Asian Studies
Business Studies
Development Studies
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English
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ISBN: 
978 984 05 1773 2
Publisher: 
Centre For Policy Dialogue (CPD)
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
2006
Number of Pages: 
418
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The present volume titled Regional Cooperation in South Asia: A Review of Bangladesh's Development 2004 is the ninth publication under the Independent Review of Bangladesh's Development (IRBD) initiative of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). IRBD2004 continues the rich tradition of providing, on an annual basis, a home grown assessment of Bangladesh's development process through a review of the dynamics of key macroeconomic variables and developmental indicators.

Governance of the Healthcare Sector in Bangladesh

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Academic and Reference Books
Bangladesh Studies
Medical Science and Public Health
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English
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ISBN: 
984 05 1569 1
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Centre For Policy Dialogue (CPD)
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
2001
Number of Pages: 
127
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This book examines the existing healthcare delivery system in Bangladesh and its outcome. The theoretical section focuses primarily on the importance of preventive care for the population of the world and specifically for a poor country like Bangladesh.

Globalisation and Gender - Changing Patterns of Women's Employment in Bangladesh

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Academic and Reference Books
Bangladesh Studies
Gender Studies
Development Studies
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English
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ISBN: 
984 05 1581 0
Publisher: 
Centre For Policy Dialogue (CPD)
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
2001
Number of Pages: 
276
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HB
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The volume contains a set of papers which summarise the findings of a research study undertaken by the Centre for Policy Dialogue in collaboration with the United Nations Research Institute on Social Development. It complements the work in other countries such as Viet Nam, Uganda, Morocco and Jamaica. The main issues addressed are the implications of globalisation and changes in the macro-economic context in Bangladesh.

Options for Self-reliant Resurgence CPD's Rapid Assessment of Flood 2004

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Academic and Reference Books
Environmental Studies and Disaster Management
Bangladesh Studies
Development Studies
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English
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385
ISBN: 
978 984 05 1709 1
Publisher: 
Centre For Policy Dialogue (CPD)
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
2005
Number of Pages: 
109
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The 2004 Flood in Bangladesh will be remembered because of the rapidity with which it struck and the severity of the damages that it inflicted upon the people and the economy of the country. Addressing the negative fallouts of Flood 2004 continues to remain a concern at the household level in the affected areas as well as for the policy makers and development practitioners. As the flood water was receding in August 2004, the Centre of Policy Dialogue (CPD) launched a Rapid Assessment of Flood 2004.

Growth or Stagnation? - A Review of Bangladesh's Development 1996

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Academic and Reference Books
Economics and Finance
Development Studies
Urban and Regional Planning URP
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English
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390
ISBN: 
978 984 05 1388 8
Publisher: 
Centre For Policy Dialogue (CPD)
The University Press Limited (UPL)
Place of Publication: 
Dhaka
Year of Publication: 
1997
Number of Pages: 
513
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IRBD reports represent a pioneering research initiative undertaken by the Centre for Policy Dialogue and gives an independent analysis of Bangladesh's development efforts. CPD's first volume on Experiences with Economic Reform: A Review of Bangladesh's Development 1995 was very well received and has been extensively used by politicians, experts, and policy makers to the point where it has by now become an essential reference point as well as a source of influence on public opinion.

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