Bangladesh Rural Development Board

The Bangladesh Rural Development Board, or BRDB,^[1] is a government agency responsible for the development in rural areas and is the largest government program involved in rural development in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.^[2][3][4] The core of the BRDB efforts is the design and implementation of a series of integrated rural development (RD) projects (e.g. RD-5, RD-9 and RD-12) and a Rural Poor Cooperative Project (RPCP). The landless men and women, marginal and small farmers constitute the target population of these projects. In addition to facilitating agricultural co-operative programs, BRDB mobilizes the rural poor, marginal farmers, and women into cooperatives and informal groups, which allow them to engage in income generating activities, and improve standards of living.^[5]