ZOOMBANGLA DESK: World Bank will provide USD 2.25 billion as loan to Bangladesh to develop various sectors, including regional trade and connectivity, disaster preparedness and environmental management.

A loan agreement was signed on Monday (May 01, 2023) between Bangladesh and the World Bank for implementing five projects.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and World Bank President David Malpass witnessed the exchanges of the financing agreement.

This loan agreement comprises five projects:

·(RIVER) for resilience, adaptation and vulnerability reduction that will be the first major investment to support Bangladesh’s Delta Plan 2100. It will help improve disaster preparedness against inland flooding.

·USD 500 million First Bangladesh Green and Climate Resilient Development (GCRD) project is the first such credit that will help the country’s transition to resilient development.

·USD 250 million Sustainable Microenterprise and Resilient Transformation (SMART) project aims to help transform the microenterprise sector into a more dynamic, less polluting, resource efficient and climate resilient growth sector.

·(UNB)