Contribution of the RMG Sector to the Bangladesh Economy Debapriya Bhattacharya Mustafizur Rahman Ananya Raihan Centre for Policy Dialogue House No 40/C‚ Road No 11 (new)‚ Dhanmondi R/A‚ Dhaka-1209 Mailing Address: GPO Box 2129‚ Dhaka 1000‚ Bangladesh Tel: (880 2) 8124770‚ 9141703. 9141734; Fax: (880 2) 8130951 E-mail: cpd@bdonline.com; Website: www.cpd-bangladesh.org October‚ 2002 The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)‚ established in 1993‚ is a civil society initiative to promote an
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The Union Carbide plant was established in Bhopal in 1969 and it began to produce the insecticide Carbaryl. methyl isocanyte is an ingredient of carbaryl‚ and on the morning of December 3‚ 1984‚ a holding tank containing 43 tons of methyl isocyanate overheated and released the toxic gas. Because methyl isocyanate is heavier than air‚ it traveled over the ground through the Bhopal city center. The transportation system collapsed‚ and many people were trampled to death in a mad rush to flee the visible
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Gülin Langbroek 11.1 THE MAN-MADE DISASTER: CHERNOBYL “It is one of histories ironies that the worst nuclear accident began as a test to improve safety.”‚ states Snell (1988). The Soviets wanted to find out how the Chernobyl power plant would cope with a sudden power loss‚ therefore the experiment tested how long a spinning turbine could provide electric power to certain systems in the plant. Like many accidents‚ the Chernobyl accident resulted from a combination of human error and weaknesses
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On December 3rd‚ 1984‚ the world’s worst chemical disaster took place in Bhopal‚ Madhya Pradesh‚ India—and the harsh truth is that it could all have been preventable. Union Carbide‚ an American company located in Bhopal‚ was known to produce to produce a pesticide called Sevin‚ and among the chemicals used to produce it was methyl isocyanate (C2H3NO; short form: MIC). Chemical properties of MIC include: highly reactive—with water for example—and flammable‚ a sharp‚ pungent odour‚ and etc. Some physical
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Chapter 1 Introduction Bangladesh is a developing country‚ and the present government is striving relentlessly to attain rapid economic development in the country. Many programs taken so far have been carried out successfully. Despite a lack of resources faced by the government‚ development programs in the key sectors have continued. At the same time‚ considering the importance of the private sector‚ an all-out support is being provided to initiatives taken
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| |Microcredit or Microfinance Institution in Bangladesh | |Operational way | Bangladesh economy is characterized by unfavorable per capita land‚ low per capita income‚ glaring and accentuating income disparity‚ high level of
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Disaster Recovery Plan Student Name: Christopher Robinson University of Phoenix IT/244 Intro to IT Security Instructor’s Name: Benny Lane Date: January 29th‚ 2012 Disaster Recovery Plan Due in Week Three: For your selected scenario‚ describe the key elements of the Disaster Recovery Plan to be used in case of a disaster and the plan for testing the DRP. 1 Risk Assessment 1 Critical business processes List the mission-critical business systems and services
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NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS IN THE CARIBBEAN Definitions A hazard can be defined as‚ “A potentially damaging physical event‚ phenomenon or human activity that may cause the loss of life or injury‚ property damage‚ social and economic disruption or environmental degradation”. Hazards can include latent conditions that may represent future threats and can have different origins: natural (geological‚ hydrometeorological and biological); or induced by human processes (environmental degradation
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|Disaster Recovery Plan | |Academic Paper | | | Introduction Banks are one of the earliest adopters of Information Technology in the current world of business. As the nature of bank ’s business is highly critical‚ the federal government had mandated that the banks must develop‚ maintain and carry out disaster recovery plans. This paper explores banking industry ’s disaster
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OneShield lacks a proper disaster recovery (DR) plan. These plans involve a set of policies and procedures that enable the recovery of data‚ should it ever be destroyed or lost by natural‚ technical‚ or human-error-based disasters. As IT systems have become increasingly critical to companies‚ the importance of ensuring the continued operation of those systems‚ and their rapid recovery‚ has increased. This is especially true for OneShield‚ who provides technology services for insurance companies
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