BigstockApart from corruption, climate change projects were also found to be plagued by lack of skill, management, coordination, and other problemsTransparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has found between 14.36% and 76.92% corruption in four climate change projects on development of coastal infrastructure, renovation and repair. “Although we are said to be a model for many countries in terms of disaster management, we found financial losses up to 76% due to corruption in climate change projects,” said Dr Iftekharuzzaman, executive director, TIB. “We studied four projects on climate change worth Tk1,102crore and found corruption of Tk191crore,” said Newazul Moula, deputy program manager, during the presentation of the study report. “We observed that there is a huge lack of punishment to control such corruption,” he added. Apart from corruption, climate change projects were also found to be plagued by lack of skill and management, lack of coordination with weather forecasters, ineffectiveness of union level disaster management committees, and lack of coordination between government and private stakeholders.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 24, 2020 08:21 UTC