CSRL is an alliance of more than 200 local-national-international development and civil society led organizations. Formed in September 2007, CSRL aims to ensure sustainable rural livelihoods in Bangladesh by focusing on agriculture, climate change and trade.

A series of consultations with women, farmers, laborers, and underprivileged people as well as with several NGOs from the grassroots to the capital, led to CSRL. Besides performing at local and national level, this alliance is now also playing a significant role at the international level for protecting the public interest of Bangladesh.