Bangladesh

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Country

Bangladesh

1977

Year

C2

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US$ 10.65 million

Core Contribution

US$ 0 million

Complementary Contribution

US$ 0.04 million

Supplementary Contribution

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Shantonu Abe

Junior Professional Officer, Asia and the Pacific Division

s.abe@ifad.org

Arnoud Hameleers

Country Director

a.hameleers@ifad.org

Nahiya Mahmood

Country Programme Analyst, Asia and the Pacific Division

n.mahmood@ifad.org

Nabil Rahaman

Country Programme Analyst, Asia and the Pacific Division

n.rahaman@ifad.org

Mariel Zimmermann

Junior Professional Officer, Asia and the Pacific Division

m.zimmermann@ifad.org

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