State of Public Administration: 2009
Neeti Gobeshona Kendro (Policy Research Centre in English) is a policy research, advocacy and training organisation based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Neeti Gobeshona Kendro was founded in 2004 with the aim to bridge the gap between policy makers and executors and the poor people of Bangladesh through participatory research and pro-poor policy making activities.
Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world. It is 137 of 177 on the UN’s Human Development Index, with only 4 non-African countries ranked below. At least 48% of the population live on less than $1 a day, nearly 75 million people, and GDP per capita is only $440. The poor of Bangladesh are some of the most disadvantaged and marginalized people in world.
