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Institutions
Bank Watch: scheduled banks tracked on stability metrics.
Parliament Watch: members and their activity.
Government Watch: the executive, tracked over time.
University Watch: the higher-education system, tracked.
NGO Watch: civil society and development NGOs, tracked.
Industry Association Watch: the apex chambers, tracked.
Early warning
The Crisis Orb: a live, level-anchored hazard board.
The LDC 2029 graduation monitor.
The national early-warning board across hazards.
Early warning for the haor flood basin.
The multi-hazard exposure atlas, by district.
Where hazards compound across the same places.
A priority index ranking places by combined risk.
Cropland exposed to flood, heat, and salinity.
The bank distress watch: stress signals across banks.
The disaster ledger: events and losses over time.
Development Partner Watch
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IFAD is focused on scaling up climate-resilient agricultural financing and infrastructure to transition toward sustainable, market-responsive financial ecosystems.
IFAD participated in the official launch of the International Year of the Woman Farmer in Bangladesh.
IFAD Country Director attended the closing ceremony of the Rural Microenterprise Transformation Project co-funded with Danida.
IFAD held a high-level consultation with PKSF to coordinate strategies for the GREEN Project.
IFAD's first loan to Bangladesh was approved in 1978. cumulative_commitment_usd recorded as $913.4 million, the figure cited (via the Bangladesh Embassy in Rome / IFAD) for IFAD's direct loans and grants across 34 rural development projects. NOTE on scope: IFAD's own communications also cite about $3.9 billion in total financing mobilized (including counterpart/co-financing) and a cumulative programme of about $2.3 billion; the conservative IFAD-direct figure is used for the structured field. active_portfolio_usd recorded as $519 million across six ongoing projects (IFAD investment). Valantine Achancho is the current Country Director (since July 2024); Arnoud Hameleers was his predecessor.