Bangladesh has experienced a sustained trajectory of economic growth over the last decade, and continues to stay well ahead of any other developing economies in reducing poverty. Amidst this focus on achieving economic growth, environment and natural resources have unfortunately been neglected.
The study Governance for Green Growth in Bangladesh: Policies, Institutions, and Political Economy conducts an assessment of the regulatory regime in place in Bangladesh as it impacts the potential to pursue a trajectory of green growth. It focuses on the policies, institutions, and political economy that have a direct bearing on promoting green growth.
Policy reforms required for mainstreaming green growth in Bangladesh cannot be realised unless the need for green growth is aligned with the foremost concerns of those making policies for the nation. As it has been seen in many countries around the world, green growth is best sold to political elites tied in with already well-established national priorities with strong political buy-in. In the case of Bangladesh, avenues for such alignments exists in tying green growth to national priorities like poverty reduction, climate change adaptation, pollution abatement, and employment generation.