Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Says CPD

Bangladesh needs to boost its bargaining capacity and quantify the benefits it can get from providing transit and transhipment facility to India, said a spokesperson for the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday.

"In today's world, no-one can deny the importance of transit and transhipment facilities among neighbours," said Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, CPD's distinguished fellow.

"To achieve maximum benefit from providing transit and transhipment facility to India, the government has to boost its bargaining capacity at the discussions table," he said. “A great deal more research must be done before going for any such deal.”

He was speaking at a press briefing at the CPD office in Dhaka, ahead of the International Dialogue on Exploring a New Global Partnership for the LDCs in the Context of the Fourth UN LDC. The dialogue begins today.

Mustafizur Rahman, executive director of CPD, agreed the government should make short- and long-term plans and quantify economic benefits before agreeing to transit and transhipment.

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