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Budget 2017-18: Achievements, Expectations and Challenges

June 7, 2017

The Government of Bangladesh has unveiled a record 4 trillion-taka budget for the fiscal year 2017-18. What impact will this budget have on the economy? Is the budget inclusive enough?…

বাজেট যখন ১০০ টাকায়

June 1, 2017

নতুন বাজেটের আয় ব্যায়ের সহজ হিসাব– অর্থবছর ২০১৭-১৮’র মোট বাজেট ৪ লাখ ২৬৬ কোটি টাকা যদি ১০০ টাকা হতোঃ

IID signs contract with a2i

May 29, 2017

On 29 May 2017, the Institute of Informatics and Development (IID) signed a contract with the Access to Information (a2i) project to develop the capacity of government officials in electronic…

Rangunia Policy Forum on fairer labour migration

May 21, 2017

Why do aspirant migrants seek help to dalals (intermediaries)? Is it possible to process one’s own migration without dalals? What are the key steps that can help make labour migration…

Intermediaries can be brought within the regulation system to reduce illegalities

May 10, 2017

On 10 May 2017, IID held its 11th Policy Breakfast on implementing fairer labour migration. The discussion mainly focused on the key challenges in achieving fairer migration process, and minimising the…

Hello MP holds video-conference style meeting

May 8, 2017

Manthan Award winning program “Hello MP!” was carried out simultaneously on 8th May, 2017 in three different locations of Bangladesh. Through Facebook video call, villagers from Matarpara, Poshchim Pabantair and…

Gaibandha Policy Forum on gender and faith-based violence

May 6, 2017

IID conducted a daylong regional Policy Forum (আঞ্চলিকালাপন) on Bangladesh in Peace and Equality, held on 6th May 2017 at Saghata Upazilla of Gaibandha, Bangladesh. Participants included senior political leaders,…

Consultation meeting with regional stakeholders at Saghata

May 5, 2017

A consultation meeting with regional stakeholders was conducted on 5th May, 2017 at Saghata, Gaibandha. The participants raised various issues based on their local context that they believe need to…

Climate migration- the unpredictable disaster that needs attention

March 30, 2017

The issue of climate migrants or climate refugees- those who get displaced as a result of the impacts of climate change- need immediate attention by the policy makers, urged the…

IID at Capitol Hill: Democracy needs informed citizens

March 21, 2017

IID CEO Syeed Ahamed was invited to the Capitol Hill for a discussion about the recent changes in US administration and the socio-political changes across the globe. During the visit,…

Civil society can be the third eye to put SDG on track

March 16, 2017

In a session on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Data, IID highlighted the need for evidence and citizen-led household-based survey to monitor the SDG goal 4.1–ensure free, equitable and…

IID at University of Veracruz

March 15, 2017

On 15 March, 2017, IID attended a seminar on international education at the University of Veracruz, which was organised by MIA (MediciónIndependiente de Aprendizajes) team. The CEO of IID, Syeed…