Staff Reporter :
Bangladesh’s Annual Development Programme (ADP) implementation rate has plummeted to 49 percent in the first 11 months (July-May) of the current fiscal year – the lowest on record.
The government managed to spend only Tk1.11 lakh crore of the revised ADP allocation from July 2024 to May 2025, according to the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED).
This is a substantial decrease from Tk1. 46 lakh crore spent during the same period in the previous fiscal year, according to available monthly IMED data.
In the corresponding 11-month period of the last fiscal year, the ADP implementation rate stood at 57.54per cent, and in the 2022-23 fiscal year, it was 61.73percent.
Based on available records dating back to FY2011-12 on the IMED website, this marks the lowest ADP implementation rate in over a decade.
Experts have attributed this slowdown to the review of ongoing and newly proposed projects, coupled with a reduction in fund disbursements.
Following the Awami League’s removal from power, the interim government prioritized project implementation based on necessity.
Additionally, instability following the interim government’s assumption of power in early August led to many contractors abandoning their projects, further stalling development activities.
Meanwhile, the overall ADP implementation for FY24 was the lowest in four years, achieving 80.92 per cent of the revised budget. By comparison, the ADP execution rate for FY23 was 85.17 per cent.
