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BANGLADESH

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Established:	1984
Head Office:	Dhaka
Country Director:	Bill Collis
Staff:	36

Established in 1984, IDE's Bangladesh program is the oldest of IDE's existing country programs. Early on, IDE came across a locally invented treadle pump with great promise. IDE helped to refine the pump design, initiate a private-sector supply chain, and actively market the pump to smallholders. The result was a phenomenal growth in the treadle pump market with dozens of manufactures, over a thousand dealers, and over 1.5 million treadle pump users to date.

Now that treadle pump marketing has been taken over by the private sector, IDE Bangladesh currently maintains two projects: the Agricultural Input Supply Delivery (AISD) Project, and Integrating Smallholders Into Expanding Markets (ISEM). AISD focuses on improving the availability of quality seed, pesticides, and fertilizers to small farmers; while ISEM works with small farmers and grower groups to improve market access and quality of production.

For more information, visit
	www.ide-bangladesh.org

CONTACT

IDE Bangladesh
92/A Masjid Road
Old DOHS, Banani, Dhaka 1213

Phone:	(880-2) 861-4485
Fax:	(880-2) 861-3506
Contact:	Bill Collis
E-mail:	wjcollis@ide-bangladesh.org

IDE Appoints CEO
(May 5, 2008) At its recent meeting, IDE’s Board of Directors approved the appointment of Al Doerksen as Chief Executive Officer of the international non-profit organization. Doerksen has previously been associated with IDE in several capacities, including long time board membership, management consulting for the executive in 2007, and most recently overseeing IDE’s four year, $27 million India microirrigation program.

Polak's Out of Poverty Now Available
(February 15, 2008) In this hard-hitting new book,IDE Founder Paul Polak tells why traditional poverty eradication programs have fallen so short, and how he and his organization developed an alternative approach that has succeeded in lifting 17 million people out of poverty...

IDE Receives Second Grant From Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
(January 25, 2008) IDE today announced a grant of $27 million over four years from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in support of its micro-irrigation programs for Indian smallholder farmers...

IDE Photographs on Display
(September 1, 2007) Over the coming months, photos from IDE field programs will be on display at Denver-area businesses to help raise awareness of our work...

Cirque du Soleil™ Event Raises Funds
(July 15, 2007) The June 28 performance of Cirque du Soleil's™ Corteo at Denver's Pepsi Center helped raise funds to support its programs in Africa and Asia. IDE's allotment of 200 tickets completely sold out...