Dhaka, Sept. 18 -- As a capacity building strategy, training efforts in Bangladesh have frequently failed to deliver meaningful results because the training process was not integrated to an effective strategy of need -assessment and follow-ups. This is true of both Go and NGO program. Not only have such programs failed to produce desired results, worse, they often led to the creation of structures that are alien to local needs and hence unsustainable without continuous external support.
We are aware of the failure of the development process in developing countries to generate substantial improvements in the quality of like for the majority of the population or to eradicate poverty. It is also acknowledged that the problems of inequality an...