Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said although Bangladesh has designed many strong and promising poverty-reduction plans over the years, their implementation has remained 'very poor' due to inefficiency, corruption and procedural bottlenecks.

"Our plans are well-designed, but implementation is terribly weak. Because of inefficiency, corruption and legal complexities, many good initiatives never see the light of day," he said on Wednesday at a workshop titled Rural Livelihood Transformation and Inclusive Resilience Initiatives organised by the Social Development Foundation (SDF) at a city hotel.

"The country's poverty rate continued to decline until 2010 but started rising again after 2022. Alongside man...