Over the past decades, Bangladesh's transport sector received the biggest share in government investment, accounting for about 20% of the total annual expenditures from 1999 to 2017.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the Road Network Improvement and Maintenance Project II for a loan of $126 million in November 2003 to help the government of Bangladesh achieve economic growth and poverty reduction.
In 2005, only 44% of the population of Bangladesh had access to electricity at a per capita consumption of 171 kilowatt-hours (kWh), one of the lowest in South Asia. Inadequate energy supply was a key constraint on economic development.
At project appraisal in 2008, public investments in infrastructure in Bangladesh were found stagnant. Inadequate energy supply, congested ports, and underdeveloped transport imposed a major and growing drag on economic performance.
Illiteracy and lack of life skills are major factors behind poverty. Recognizing this, the government of Bangladesh took major strides to eradicate illiteracy in 1991−2000. It funded literacy training for 17 million learners mainly through community-supported centers and with the assistance of nongovernment organizations (NGOs). But as these neo-literates required further training to reinfor
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