Bangladesh Anticipatory Action RCT Project

Duration: 10 February, 2025 t0 30 November, 2025

Objective: Bangladesh Anticipatory Action RCT project Providing direct cash transfer through bkash account to the protection of Vulnerable beneficiaries for climatic shocks.

Major activities: District, Upazila & Union level Inception meeting, Community level awareness meeting, Data collection Monthly staff coordination meeting.

Implementation process: GiveDirectly and the National Development Program (NDP) have launched an innovative research project to address key questions relevant to anticipatory action efforts globally.

GiveDirectly has teamed up with government, research and implementation partners to design this groundbreaking research project aimed at addressing knowledge and technology gaps. The partners include the Department for Disaster Management of the Government of Bangladesh, a2i (Bangladesh’s National Innovation Agency), the University of Oxford, BRAC University, the King Climate Action Initiative at J-PAL, and Google Flood Forecasting.

Matching of SDG: SDG-13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impact.

Source of fund: GiveDirectly (GD)