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About Our Project
The UN Democracy Fund is supporting The Hunger Project-Bangladesh (THP) to implement a project titled: ‘ MDG Unions: Building Participatory Democracy From the Bottom Up in Rural Bangladesh’ in partnership with BRAC, which is a comprehensive strategy to build capacity, document and demonstrate the impact of ten Union Parishads who are empowered to achieve all…
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Falda Union Parishad Declared Tk.70,17,011 Budget
The budget of Falda Union Parishad (UP) of Bhuapur Upazila in Tangail District for the fiscal year 2013 -2014 was announced on June 30, 2013. Md. Manzurul Islam, UP secratery formally declared the budget amounting to Tk. 70,17,011 at the open budget ceremony putting maximum emphasis on enhanced peoples’ participations in its implementation process.
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Open Budget Discussion held at Aloya Union Parishad
In significant step forward in making Union Parishad (UP) transparent and accountable, Aloya Union Parishad, with the support from UNDEF funded MDG Union project implemented by The Hunger Project, for the first time announced its Budget for FY 2013 – 2014 through an ‘Open Budget Discussion’ at UP auditorium on 19 June, 2013. More than…
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MoU Signing Ceremony between THP and Aloya Union Parishad
On 8th June 2013 the Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony between The Hunger Project Bangladesh and Aloya Union Parishad was held at Aloya Union Parishad auditorium. The MoU reaffirm the commitments of THP and Aloya UP to strengthen local governance through building the capacity of both the elected local government bodies, GO functionaries and grassroots…
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Project Orientation
A daylong orientation programme for staff of the project of ‘MDG Unions: Building Participatory Democracy From the Bottom Up in Rural Bangladesh’ was held in Democracy International, Amirabad, Mymonsingh on 25th May 2013. The objective of the orientation was to familiarize the staff with the project goals and objectives, expected output, outcomes, results and intervention…
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Local Government and Political Reform
A book of published essays by Prof. Badiul Alam Majumdar – a soft copy may be downloaded from this link: 2010 Majumdar Local Government and Political Reform.
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People’s Empowerment, Poverty Eradication and Good Governance: A Vision for Development Strategy for Bangladesh
People’s Empowerment, Poverty Eradication and Good Governance: A Vision for Development Strategy for Bangladesh1 Afreen Alam Master degree Candidate, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University August 2004 To critique any country’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), one must first and foremost concede to and understand one fundamental point: it is a strategy paper…
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Why Animator Training Works: An Observer’s Analysis
by Afreen Alam From the first glance at the Animator Training (AT) manual or its description, we, as in the development scholars and activists may wonder about the efficacy of such a program. Yet, it has been the foundation of The Hunger Project’s (THP) actions and successes for years and continues to grow in participation,…
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What constitutes an enabling environment for the poor to succeed in their own development?
Working paper for a National Strategy Forum, April 1994, Dhaka, Bangladesh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework that will facilitate the participants in the upcoming strategic forum to identify new openings for action to provide an enabling environment for the poor. As will be shown below, the lack of a…