Use of crowdsourcing for Disaster Management in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is vulnerable to natural disasters and suffers every year from floods, cyclones, tornedos, storm surge, river bank erosion, earthquake, etc.
Building an integrated VDIS in Bangladesh
In order to ensure road safety as well as accurate and timely information sharing among the major stakeholders of transport sector in the country, the Beneficiaries (passengers, pedestrians etc.), Service Providers (drivers, transport owners etc.) and Government Regulatory Authority need to work together and be in sync during the commute.
Digital empowerment of beneficiaries in PFDS
The Public Food Distribution System (PFDS) plays an important role in the food and agricultural sector of Bangladesh like (a) making food grains available to poor households, (b) distributing food during emergencies, (c) providing incentive prices to producers to encourage domestic production, and (d) stabilizing market prices to prevent excessive price rises.