The CBS is a center, a community, and a hub of engaged activists, including artists, academic and non-academic scholars, and philosophers working for a more just and democratic Bangladesh and the world. Started in 2013, CBS is a national independent think-tank organization working with a multidisciplinary approach, doing advocacy and public education activities dedicated to generating and advancing knowledge and intellectual resources in democracy, governance, development and social justice. CBS strives to infuse the social, political, and economic spheres with contextual knowledge and praxis. It aims to influence Bangladesh’s discursive and cultural patterns toward a more democratic polity, economy, society and culture.
Mission
To understand the local and global economic, social, cultural and political contexts that may facilitate and/or pose challenges for the development of Bangladesh and to search for models of progress deemed relevant in the local context.
Our work in development finance
Since its creation in 2014, CBS has focused on development finance and human rights. CBS is a member of the NGO forum on ADB. In particular, the organization looks at the role of IFIs in the infrastructure sector and the application of their safeguards.
Geographic Focus
Asia