Government Initiatives for Green Development in Bangladesh

Bhuiyan, Md. Anowar Hossain; Hassan, Samir Mohamad; Darda, Md. Abud; Mw, Habib; Mb, Hossain

doi:10.20944/preprints202008.0298.v1

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“…The adverse consequences of climate change outcomes would be enormous for a densely populated country of over 160 million inhabitants with 1252 people per square kilometer [56,94,95]. According to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the country will be burdened with significant losses if the situation remains unchanged and it is estimated that the annual loss would be 2% and 9.4% of GDP by 2050 and 2100, respectively [96]. Another report of the World Bank shows that about 5.3 million poor people will be vulnerable to the effects of climate change in 2050 [81].…”

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A Review of the Recent Developments of Green Banking in Bangladesh

2021

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This paper aims to explore the emergence of ‘Green Banking’ in Bangladesh, with a focus on the role of financial regulation and regulators in greening the financial sector. It also examines the contribution and involvement of banks and non-bank financial institutions in promoting green economic transition. The study is based on the review of secondary data collected from various sources, such as quarterly reports, annual reports, websites of the central bank of Bangladesh, and other commercial banks and non-bank financial institutions as well as various articles, and newspapers reports on green banking in Bangladesh. The collected data is reviewed using descriptive statistics. The research results reveal that the central bank of Bangladesh played a major role in greening the financial system of the country by implementing various green policies and regulatory measures. Although Bangladesh is still far behind the developed countries in terms of environmental performance, the country has made a remarkable progress in initiating and expanding green banking practices, infrastructure development, and accelerating green growth in recent years.

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A Review of the Recent Developments of Green Banking in Bangladesh

2021

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“…The Bangladesh Government has contributed 7% of public expenditure for green growth activities (Macgregor et al 2016). In addition, the government introduced a 1% 'green tax' as an environment protection surcharge for the budget 2014-2015 scal year and adopted the renewable energy policy of Bangladesh 2008 (Bhuiyan et al 2020). The IDCOL supports nancing for the Green Building project, the Green Brick program, and energy-e cient machinery in industrial sectors, as well as the GoB's goal of achieving 20% energy conservation compared to 8.2 International and national NGOs/Institute's role Among the 40 most polluted cities of the world, 37 are situated in Southeast Asia.…”

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Air Pollution in Bangladesh and Its Consequences

Khandker

Mohiuddin

Shojaei

et al. 2023

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This study aims to review the literature about air pollution, both outdoor and household, and its health consequences in Bangladesh. We searched articles in March 2021 using the PubMed/Scopus database. Peer-reviewed published documents with analytical data and results were retrieved. We also reviewed studies related to ambient and household air quality, the sources of air pollution, the health and economic implications, and the role of NGOs and Govt. of Bangladesh. The sources of ambient air pollution in Bangladesh include Anthropogenic origins like the burning of fossil fuel, coal, wood, open burning of waste or agricultural residues, emission from motor vehicles and industries, use of biomass fuel for cooking, and transboundary air pollution; and Natural sources like windblown dust, sea spray, forest fires, and methane gas emitted by animals. Brick kilns, surface dust, and vehicle emissions contribute about 85.0% of local air pollution in Dhaka, the largest urban area. The contribution from transportation is aggravated by traffic congestion, contaminated fuels, including leaded fuels, two-stroke auto-rickshaws, overloading, and the dust generated due to friction with the roadways. Industries inside cities and brick kilns surrounding the town are also significant contributors. In recent years, the air pollution of Dhaka city has worsened, causing adverse health effects and environmental degradation. The government response has included eliminating the leaded fuel, initiating the use of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), and phasing out the two-stroke auto-rickshaw, replacing them with CNG driven auto rickshaw. It also implemented and updated regulations, formulated policies and strategic plans.

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“…Green development was first proposed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2002. Soon after, scholars began to study the process of green progress and prospects in different countries, such as Malaysia [28], Oman [29] and Bangladesh [30]. There is also a study from the global perspective [31].…”

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The Effect of Industrial Structure Upgrading and Human Capital Structure Upgrading on Green Development Efficiency—Based on China’s Resource-Based Cities

Shen

Liu

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Sustainability

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Green development is crucial to global natural resource conservation, environmental improvement and sustainable development. Furthermore, resource-based cities’ green development is more challenging compared with that of other types of cities. On such basis, it is a necessity to understand the green development level of such cities. Therefore, we introduce green development efficiency (GDE), which is a key indicator for measuring green development. This paper takes China’s 112 resource-based cities during 2010–2019 as its research object, and examines their GDE using the Super-SBM-Undesirable model. Moreover, industrial structure upgrading (ISU) and human capital structure upgrading (HCSU) have important implications for green development. To further explore the influence of ISU and HCSU on GDE, this paper employs a fixed effect model, an interaction effect model and a threshold model. Finally, considering the differences between different resource-based cities, the heterogeneity of ISU and HSCU on GDE in four types of China’s resource-based cities is also explored. It is found that (1) although GDE is on the track of steady improvement, the overall GDE was still relatively low during 2010–2019, with an average GDE of about 0.8; (2) ISU, HCSU and their interaction can promote GDE in resource-based cities and with the intensity of industrial structure increasing, the interaction effect of ISU and HSCU on GDE in resource-based cities shifts from positive to negative; (3) there exists heterogeneity in the direct effect and interaction effect of ISU and HCSU among four types of resource-based cities (i.e., mature cities, growing cities, declining cities and regenerating cities). Our findings offer a data reference for the green and sustainable development of China’s resource-based cities, and also a method reference for other countries’ resource-based cities.

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Government Initiatives for Green Development in Bangladesh

Cited by 12 publications

References 26 publications

A Review of the Recent Developments of Green Banking in Bangladesh

A Review of the Recent Developments of Green Banking in Bangladesh

Air Pollution in Bangladesh and Its Consequences

The Effect of Industrial Structure Upgrading and Human Capital Structure Upgrading on Green Development Efficiency—Based on China’s Resource-Based Cities

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