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Bangladesh gas sector development: status, policy options and challenges
Negotiating an appropriate gas development strategy
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Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2000
Report from a dialogue organised by Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) as part of the process for preparing the Independent Review of Bangladesh's Development 2000, (IRBD2000) CPD's flagship research programme. The dialogue was organised to
- review major parameters defining the status of the gas sector
- scrutinise recent policy initiatives and their outcomes
- assess the policy options currently available to the Government of Bangladesh.
Mr. Azim Uddin Ahmed, former Secretary, GOB presented a paper entitled "Bangladesh Gas Scenario" which served as a background paper for the discussion at the dialogue (the paper is appended). With Professor Rehman Sobhan in the chair, the dialogue was attended by a number of distinguished policy makers, experts and economists.
Initiating the dialogue, Professor Rehman Sobhan, Team Leader of the IRBD, briefly dwelt on the objective of IRBD preparatory dialogues. The IRBDs are intended to provide a basis for policy review of major developments taking place in the country and this was carried out through a consultative process. This process included participation of the broader constituencies of stakeholders in the various dialogues so that the IRBDs could benefit from their contribution based on their demonstrated expertise in particular disciplines. He pointed out that the central to this exercise was CPD's conviction that sound policies could emerge only through a close interaction amongst the policy makers, experts and academics, representing the major constituencies of the stakeholders.
Reemphasising the nature of the IRBD preparation process as a participatory one, Professor Sobhan said that the end product of the IRBDs attempts to blend the outcomes of the consultative process with results from research inputs. In this manner IRBDs try to ensure that both the analysis and the recommendations reflect a collaborative endeavour of all concerned stakeholders. Therefore, the document that went into for dissemination not only incorporated research input, but also views of various stakeholders including lawmakers, government officials, representatives of the civil society. This dialogue report presents the full text of the keynote presentation and a summary of the major issues discussed in the course of the dialogue.
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