World Bank approves Tk 8230cr for Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh

The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors on Wednesday approved two projects totaling $700 million (Tk 8235 crore) to provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience for both the host communities and displaced Rohingya population in Bangladesh.

Nearly one million Rohingyas have fled violence in Myanmar to Bangladesh since 2017, making it one of the largest forced displacement crises in the world..

World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan Abdoulaye Seck said that the World Bank greatly appreciates the Government of Bangladesh's generosity in supporting nearly one million Rohingya people.

The $350 million Inclusive Services and Opportunities for Host Community and Displaced Rohingya Population Project and the $350 million Host and Rohingya Enhancement of Lives Project will together provide support to the Bangladeshi host communities and the Rohingya people as this crisis enters its seventh year.

The interventions supporting the Rohingya population will be financed by the World Bank as grants under the IDA20 Window for Host Communities and Refugees.

The Inclusive Services and Opportunities for Host Communities and Displaced Rohingya Population (ISO) Project will build on active investments in livelihoods and essential health, nutrition, family planning, gender-based violence response and prevention services for at least 980,000 people in the Rohingya and host communities.

The project will prioritize investment in human capital development, with the aim to support the education of 300,000 Rohingya children under the age of 12.