Research · Aid financing · Atlantic Council, 26 October 2026
At a glance
- Title: Bangladesh’s changing development assistance landscape: Manifestations, implications, and opportunities
- Authors: Leon S. Waskin, Jon F. Danilowicz and Imran Shauket
- Publisher: Atlantic Council
- Published: 26 October 2026
- Geography: Bangladesh (a companion brief covers Pakistan)
Summary
The brief examines how development assistance to Bangladesh is changing, what that means for the country and where opportunities remain. Among its recommendations, the authors argue that Bangladesh should front-load concessional borrowing while that window is still open.
Why it matters
Falling grant aid, pressure on humanitarian budgets and Bangladesh’s move away from the most concessional terms all affect the funding available to NGOs and government programmes. The brief is a useful starting point for organisations planning their funding strategies for the next three to five years.
Devlens summary based on the publisher’s page. Read the full brief for the authors’ complete analysis and recommendations.
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Sources
Topics: aid financing · governance · governance human rights · national
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