SDG 9 9: Build resilient infrastructure,

promote inclusive and sustainable

industrialization and foster innovation

Presented by:
Md. Mozahidul Islam
Tahmid Rafid
 Introduction
Global Perspective on SDG 9
 Goal 9 addresses three important aspects of sustainable
development: resilient infrastructure, inclusive and sustainable
industrialization and research and innovation.
 Infrastructure provides the basic physical facilities and access to
services that are critical for economic development.
 Manufacturing has been one of the prime drivers of economic
growth and decent job creation and hence has contributed to
reduction of income poverty.
 However, inequalities in the value added in the manufacturing sector
across countries pose a challenge to sustainable development.
 Innovation – introduction of new products, processes and
business models, will spur manufacturing growth with
environmental sustainability.
 The Goal is aimed at consolidating national and international
efforts towards promoting infrastructure development,
industrialization and innovation.
 Increased domestic and international financial mobilization,
technological and technical support, research and innovation,
and increased access to information and communication
technology is required to achieve this goal.
 Assessment of progress on SDG 9 by indicators

 Road density per 100 square kilo meter

 The Government recognizes the critical role of infrastructure comprising
transport, energy, Information Communication Technology (ICT), water
supply, sanitation, buildings, embankments and cyclone shelters in promoting
economic growth and mitigating climate change effects and natural shocks.
 A countrywide road network has been established connecting rural and urban
areas with Dhaka, the capital city and Chittagong, the port city. Similar
expansion and upgrade actions have also been implemented in the railways
network, inland waterways, ports and airports.
Manufacturing value added as a proportion of GDP (per cent)
 Manufacturing has been a more dynamic sector in the economy
achieving relatively higher growth rate. Accordingly
manufacturing value added as a proportion of GDP has been
rising steadily since 2000-01 reaching 19.47 per cent in 2014-16.
 It should be noted that the growth of the sector has been
dominated by large and medium scale industries with lackluster
growth in small scale industries.
 Manufacturing value added as a proportion of GDP has a
downward trend in most countries both developed and
developing and it exceeds 20 per cent only in a handful of
countries, obviously Bangladesh being one of them.
Manufacturing value added per capita (constant 2010 US $)
 Manufacturing value added per worker has been calculated by
dividing manufacturing value added in constant 2010 US dollar
by the number of workers employed in the manufacturing sector
in a particular year when labour force survey was conducted. Per
capita manufacturing value added has increased steadily during
the period from 1999-2000 to 2015-16 with a dip in 2013.
 Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment
(percent)
 Manufacturing sector has been steadily expanding in Bangladesh over
last two decades. Dominant segments of the sector such as textiles,
RMG, jute goods, leather are labour intensive and consequently there
has also been increase in manufacturing employment.
 There has been a decline in the manufacturing employment share in
2015-16.
 A recent study (CPD 2015- 16) found that the average yearly growth
of employment in the sample enterprises during 2012-16 was 3.3
percent, down from 4.01 percent during 2005-2012.
Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
 In Bangladesh research is mainly undertaken by government
research organisations and public universities.
 On the whole Bangladesh has low budget for research and
engages a very small group of scientists in research. The number
of researchers per million inhabitants has, however, been
increasing over time; the average annual rate of increase grew
from 2.5 percent between 2012 and 2015 to 5.4 per cent between
2015 and 2017 implying higher growth in the SDG period.
Total official international support (official development
assistance plus other official flows) to infrastructure
 Bangladesh has been implementing a wide range of projects in
power and energy, roads and bridges, railways, port and deep sea
port including 10 fast track projects or mega projects to remove
the infrastructural bottlenecks. In FY2017 these projects were
allocated about 40 percent of the Annual Development Program.
 The volume of funds required to implement the infrastructure
projects is so large that foreign resources are needed to
complement the domestic resources.
Proportion of population covered by a mobile network by
technology (per cent)
 Mobile phone was first introduced in Bangladesh in October 1990
which provided people with the possibility to subscribe to and use
mobile cellular services to communicate.
 Bangladesh launched 4G in 19th February in 2018.
 2G technology coverage has reached closer to 100 percent
population in 2017.
Government efforts to achieve SDG 9
 Transport and communication
 Information Communication Technologies (ICT)
 Science and technology
 Manufacturing sector
 Key Challenges
 Transport and communication
 Road transport improvement faces challenges from complexity of land
acquisition along with resettlement and compensation complexity.
 Other pertinent issues which need to be aligned properly include road
construction technology, adequate finance, proper data, and axle load.
 Road safety maintenance requires proper and adequate roads, accurate
road accident data, and awareness of users as well as special attention
from traffic police.
 A major challenge in project implementation in transport and
communication sector is capacity constraint often leading to delays in
project completion.
Thank You