World Bank, Bangladesh sign financing agreement for ICT project (2)

"The project would directly benefit 30,000 youth who will gain marketable and globally recognized IT and ITES skills. Among them, 9,000 will be women," said Ellen Goldstein, Country Director of World Bank Bangladesh.

According to the statement, the project will also establish basic e-Government foundations, to support governance reforms and significantly improve the government's efficiency and effectiveness.

Specifically, it said the proposed technology foundation will enable all ministries and agencies to host their systems and information on a shared data center.

"Bangladesh needs targeted programs to develop Bangladesh's potential in the IT/ITES industry along with focus to build the necessary e-Government foundations," said Iqbal Mahmood, senior secretary of Bangladesh's Economic Relations Division.

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