Cover -- Contents -- Tables -- Figure -- Boxes -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1: The Development Vision and Poverty Reduction Framework -- 1.1 The Development Vision -- 1.2 Attainment of MDGs -- 1.3 Poverty Reduction Strategy Framework -- 1.4 Key Issues in Generating Pro-Poor Growth -- 1.5 Implementation Challenges -- 1.6 Participatory Formulation Process -- Chapter 2: Poverty Situation and the Medium Term Macroeconomic Framework -- 2.1 Achievements in Poverty Reduction -- 2.2 Trends in Income Inequality -- 2.3 Women's Poverty -- 2.4 Regional Differences in Poverty -- 2.5 Extreme and Chronic Poverty -- 2.6 Poverty Scenario Beyond 2005 -- 2.7 Medium Term Macroeconomic Framework -- 2.7.1 Growth and Investment -- 2.7.2 Fiscal Policy -- 2.7.3 Monetary Policy -- 2.7.4 External Sector -- Chapter 3: Roadmap for Pro-Poor Economic Growth: Strategic Blocks -- 3.1 Strategic Block I: Macroeconomic Environment for Pro-Poor Economic Growth -- 3.1.1 Recent Macroeconomic Performance -- 3.1.2 Current Macroeconomic Challenges -- 3.1.3 Key Thrusts for Macroeconomic Policy -- 3.2 Strategic Block II: Critical Areas for Pro-Poor Economic Growth -- 3.2.1 Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Development -- 3.2.2 Promoting Decent Employment -- 3.2.3 Improving the Environment for Private Sector Development (PSD) -- 3.2.4 Agriculture -- 3.2.5 Water Resources Development and Management -- 3.2.6 Land Use Policy and Management -- 3.2.7 Urban Development -- 3.3 Strategic Block III: Essential Infrastructure for Pro-Poor Economic Growth -- 3.3.1 Power and Energy -- 3.3.2 Transport -- 3.3.3 Post and Telecommunication -- 3.3.4 Housing -- 3.4 Strategic Block IV: Social Protection for the Vulnerable -- 3.4.1 Social Safety Net Programmes -- 3.4.2 Food Security -- 3.4.3 Disaster Management -- 3.4.4 Microcredit -- 3.4.5 Rural Non-Farm Activities.

3.5 Strategic Block V: Human Resources Development -- 3.5.1 Improving Knowledge Base: Education, Training and Research -- 3.5.2 Improving Health, Nutrition and Population Planning: Taking a Holistic Approach -- Chapter 4: Roadmap for Accelerated Poverty Reduction: Supporting Strategies -- 4.1 Strategy I: Ensuring Participation, Social Inclusion and Empowerment -- 4.1.1 Women's Advancement and Rights -- 4.1.2 Children's Advancement and Rights -- 4.1.3 Indigenous Communities -- 4.1.4 Persons with Disabilities -- 4.1.5 Disadvantaged and Extreme Poor Groups -- 4.2 Strategy II: Promoting Good Governance -- 4.2.1 Making Parliamentary Process Effective -- 4.2.2 Strengthening Local Government -- 4.2.3 Reforming and Strengthening Public Services -- 4.2.4 Reforming Legal and Judicial System -- 4.2.5 Promoting E-governance -- 4.2.6 Combating Corruption -- 4.2.7 Ensuring Human Rights -- 4.2.8 Accessing Information -- 4.2.9 Improving Project Implementation Capacity -- 4.2.10 Improving Sectoral Governance -- 4.3 Strategy III: Ensuring Efficient Delivery of Public Services -- 4.3.1 Priorities in Urban/Rural Service Delivery -- 4.3.2 Safety, Security and Protection of Life, Liberty and Wealth -- 4.3.3 Safe Water and Sanitation -- 4.3.4 Power and Energy -- 4.3.5 Transportation -- 4.3.6 ICT, Post and Telecommunication -- 4.3.7 Development of Tourism -- 4.4 Strategy IV: Caring for Environment and Tackling Climate Change -- 4.4.1 Recent Progress -- 4.4.2 Current Challenges to Environment -- 4.4.3 Types of Pollution-Institutional Arrangements -- 4.4.4 Tackling Climate Change for Poverty Reduction -- 4.4.5 Forestry -- 4.5 Strategy V: Enhancing Productivity and Efficiency through Science and Technology -- 4.5.1 Vision and Strategic Goals -- 4.5.2 Assessment of Recent Progress -- 4.5.3 Current Challenges -- 4.5.4 Future Policies and Strategies.

Chapter 5: Indicative Costs of Achieving Goals and Targets -- 5.1 Methodology for Calculating Resource Needs for revised NSAPR-II -- 5.2 Estimated Resource Gap -- Chapter 6: Strengthening Implementation, and Monitoring and Evaluation -- 6.1 Implementation Arrangements -- 6.2 Monitoring and Evaluation -- 6.2.1 Evolution of Monitoring and Evaluation -- 6.2.2 Monitoring and Evaluation of NSAPR-II (revised) -- 6.2.3 Data Generation for M & E -- 6.2.4 Institutional Strategy of M & E System -- 6.2.5 M & E Indicators -- 6.2.6 Capacity Building for M & E -- Annexes -- Table of Policy Matrices -- Annex 1: Policy Matrices -- Annex 2: Social Safety Net Budget FY 2008 - 09 -- Annex 3: Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators -- Annex 4: Thematic Committees and their Composition -- Annex 5: Summary Proceedings of NSAPR II Consultation Meetings -- Tables -- 2.1 Head Count Ratio of Poverty, 1991/92 to 2005 -- 2.2 Income Distribution, 2000 and 2005 -- 2.3 Medium Term Macroeconomic Framework -- 3.1 Employment Projections for the 2008-09 to 2010-11 Period -- 3.2 Performance of Health, Nutrition and Population Sector -- 4.1 Women's Risks and Vulnerabilities -- 4.2 Targets and Achievements of NSAPR Policy Agenda -- 4.3 Ecologically Critical Areas (ECAs) in Bangladesh -- 5.1 Indicative Cost of Achieving revised NSAPR II Goals and Targets -- 5.2 Estimate of Domestic Resource Gap for NSAPR II (revised) Implementation -- 6.1 Institutional Process of revised NSAPR II Monitoring and Evaluation -- Figure -- 1.1 Poverty Reduction Strategy Framework -- 6.1 Monitoring and Evaluation System of NSAPR II -- Boxes -- 1.1 Macroeconomic Targets based on Vision 2021 -- 3.1 Power Sector Vision and Policy Statement.