The baseline study of Birganj, Pirganj and Nilphamari and Bochaganj Community Development Programme (CDP) were focused on (I) To assess the current situation of GNB’s rights programme areas, socio-political and economic conditions, standard poverty indices, power relations, information on most excluded groups and nature of exclusion, prevalent social and cultural practices, emergency and disaster situation, policies and local governance issues; (II) Map out similar/relevant initiatives of different stakeholders in working areas in terms of policies, practices and actions and mechanism of coordination between GO and NGOs. It was conducted in 2020 and the client was Good Neighbour Bangladesh (GNB).