Bazlul H Khondker

Navigating the socioeconomic perils of Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Despite the depressing state of major indicators such as negative export-import growth; large revenue deficit; falling private sector investment; rising non-performing loans recorded in the last quarter of 2019
Budget FY2019-20: Social-sector allocation far from adequate

The population structure of any nation provides the country with a window of opportunity to reap economic and social dividends from the structure. In the language of demographers and economists, this is known as first demographic dividend.