CAP “Issues & Choices” Consultation Questions

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General

1. DFID would welcome your views on its country plan consultation document. Taking into account the challenges facing Bangladesh, and DFID’s desire to focus on a small number of key issues, are the themes and outcomes identified by DFID the right ones? Do you have any other views on what DFID’s role should be in Bangladesh?

Themes

2. DFID has identified Bangladesh’s complex political landscape as being at the heart of the country’s development problems. How can a bilateral agency like DFID engage most effectively in changing the nature of the political dialogue and political processes in Bangladesh, while remaining politically neutral?

3. Despite progress in recent years, women and girls are marginalised in many areas of life in Bangladesh. They are less likely to complete their education or to have access to jobs, and are disproportionately affected by disasters. How can DFID improve the design of its programme(s) to ensure that women and girls benefit more? Do you have any suggestions for how DFID might do this (should we, for example, have some programmes that specifically target women and girls)?

4. Bangladesh is one of the countries likely to be most affected by Climate Change? How can DFID best help the Government and the people of Bangladesh adapt better to the impacts of climate change?

Outcomes

5. It is widely accepted that growth and job creation in Bangladesh is driven by the private sector. What should be DFID’s role in ensuring that growth and jobs benefit the poor? What can DFID do to ensure this?

6. Food price inflation and food shortages have made headline news around the world in recent months, including in Bangladesh. DFID has, in recent years, largely withdrawn from supporting agriculture directly given the involvement of other development partners (eg. the United Nations). What – if anything - should be DFID’s role in supporting others who work on agriculture?

7. Over the last few years, DFID has developed a portfolio of projects designed to provide a ladder out of extreme poverty for the poorest eg. urban slum dwellers and those living on island Chars. How can DFID be more effective in sustainably lifting people out of extreme poverty?

8. Bangladesh’s population is growing rapidly, and people are increasingly moving to towns and cities in search of job opportunities and better livelihoods. How can DFID best help Government and others in Bangladesh plan for increasingly rapid urbanisation?

Working with other donors

9. DFID is committed to the “Paris Principles” of improving harmonisation and the effectiveness of development assistance, globally and in Bangladesh. How can the donor community as a whole in Bangladesh work more effectively together to support the country’s development? What should DFID’s role be in making the work of others – particularly the World Bank, the United Nations and the European Commission – more effective?