Investor Presentaiton
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1. Introduction
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CPD has been organising a series of events on the National Budget for FY2021-22
concerning different macro and sectoral issues
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The power and energy sector is one of the priority sectors in the national
budget
This study put focus on power sector related issues from allocative priorities
and reform points of view
The ongoing year (FY2021) is an eventful year for the power sector of Bangladesh
Government has publicly announced abandoning coal-based power generation
In different international platforms, the Prime Minister announced
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Bangladesh's commitment in shifting from fossil-fuel based power generation
towards clean power generation
The 8th Five Year Plan (FY2021-25) has been officially made public in December,
2020 where the power and energy sector has got attention
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Although the document does not properly reflect the stance on shifting from
coal and promoting renewable energy led power generation
The National Budget for FY2022 would be one of the first official documents which
is supposed to reflect government's political stance and policy commitments
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To be reflected in policy stances and fiscal & budgetary measures
The present budget analysis has been carried out from two dimensions
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Efficiency-based analysis
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Power sector reform analysis
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