01677cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF010825 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451802757 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Bangladesh : Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003. 1 online resource (146 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This report addresses Bangladesh's Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. For implementing the strategy, a medium-term macroeconomic framework has been specified covering FY04 and FY06. Bangladesh witnessed significant success in disaster preparedness and in overcoming the phenomena of mass starvation and the threat of famine syndrome in the backdrop of endemic vulnerability to natural disasters. The government acknowledges the need for pre-disaster mitigation and preparedness of the people as opposed to the earlier concepts of responding after a disaster has taken place as a necessary as well as a cost-effective approach. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2003/999 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2003/999/002.2003.issue-999-en.xml IMF e-Library