Bangladesh-World Bank at 50: An evolving partnership
The 50 years of development partnership between the World Bank and Bangladesh is marked with mixed feelings.
1y ago
Managing the politics of budget-making
The main focus of the FY24 budget must be on economic stabilisation.
1y ago
Lift interest rate cap, let monetary policy work
Deft macroeconomic management over the past three decades has served Bangladesh well. Total export earnings, buoyed by a heady pace of growth in earnings from readymade garments, and foreign remittances, climbed to $ 81.4 billion in FY2022, rising from a mere $5.2 billion in FY1990.
1y ago
Urgent need to stabilise macroeconomy
Macroeconomic stability has been a hallmark of Bangladesh’s development strategy. This has served the country well, especially in terms of providing a solid enabling environment for the private sector.
1y ago
National Budget FY2019-20: first impressions
The annual national budget is the most important government statement of its socio-economic policy for the coming year. The
4y ago
Addressing the menace of NPLs
It is heartening to learn that the newly elected government is keen to address the menace of non-performing loans (NPL) in
5y ago
It's time to seriously consider a carbon tax in Bangladesh
The recently released special report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a dire picture -- the global temperature has increased by over 1 degree centigrade over pre-industrial levels (mid-1800s).
5y ago
The case for environmental fiscal reforms in Bangladesh
The 2041 Perspective Plan seeks to transform Bangladesh from lower middle income to an upper middle income country by 2031 and
5y ago
April 23, 2015
Removing the tax constraint to ICT revolution
Like the seed-fertiliser-water technology of the 1980s that revolutionised rice productivity and agriculture in Bangladesh, the ICT
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