Our program supports these foreign policy objectives and also serves U.S. global interests in stabilizing world population, eliminating hunger and food insecurity, protecting human health, and promoting environmentally responsible growth. Despite such accomplishments, Bangladesh continues to face enormous challenges in assuring food, energy, shelter, and other essential goods and services are available to a population that is expected to surpass 200 million by the year 2035. Economic growth and employment is held back by serious policy, infrastructure, and institutional constraints. Although the country returned to democracy in 1990, Parliament is barely working and there is no dialogue between the political parties. The legal rights of citizens, particularly women and the poor, are often violated.
Most major donors support Bangladesh.
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