Berkley Center

Religious and development institutions in Bangladesh play distinctive and intersecting roles that affect many dimensions of social, economic, and political development. Despite the importance of faith communities to the development agenda in Bangladesh there is lack of reliable and up-to-date information about them. This note provides a brief and accessible overview of Bangladesh’s faith…

WFDD and the Berkley Center hosted a workshop on January 26-27, 2014 in order to explore the role of religion and faith actors in development processes in Bangladesh. This workshop brought together a group of academic researchers and development practitioners who have interests in the intersections of international development, culture, and religion in Bangladesh. This report summarizes the…