Planning “Exceptionalism”? Political Economy of Climate Resilient Development in Bangladesh

Following three major disasters in 2007, Bangladesh intensified its effort to tackle climate change through development of the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP). The process of plan formulation led to debates nationally and internationally regarding the financing and integration of climate change into development planning. Using a political economic lens, this article illustrates how major national initiatives around international problems must be understood in terms of the interplay of actors, their ideas and power relations. The article argues that: (a) power relations among actors significantly influenced the selection of ideas and implementation activities; (b) donor concerns around aid effectiveness and consequent creation of parallel mechanisms of planning and implementation may run counter to both the mainstreaming process and the alignment of assistance with country priorities and systems; (c) climate change planning processes must be opened up to include actors from across sectors, population groups and geographical areas

Neonatal mortality: a scenario

in a tertiary level hospital of a developing countr

Development of Anti-theft Offline GPS Tracker

Anti-Theft Offline GPS Tracker has been introduced in this paper to meet up the demand for secure use of important technological gadgets i.e. laptop, mobile phone, etc. It is developed in a way so that if any gadget gets stolen or gets lost, it can track even if it is offline. The tracker will be connected with the battery of the device where it is installed. So, even the device is switched off, it can gain power from the recharged battery from the device. Anti-Theft Offline GPS tracker is designed to locate the place of location offline, of the object with which the GPS Tracker will be attached. It will send a text message containing the Google Map link of the location to a given phone number when asked. By this, the gadget can be identified with its location point. We have followed almost all the procedures of the product development process from getting customer preferences to designing and finalizing the product. Material selection and cost analysis have also been done based on the mass production of the product. This product features exact location & real-time tracking, quick and continuous reply, rechargeable battery, easy to carry and cost efficient