Syed Yusuf Saadat

Covid-19 and SDG 13: Countering Climate Change

In a “stag hunt” game, multiple hunters must cooperate each other to successfully encircle and hunt a stag.

COVID-19 And SDG 12: Promoting prudent resource use

Imagine a world with no scarcity; a world with no externalities. Imagine that resources are unlimited and our actions have no consequences on our surroundings.

Covid-19 And Sdg 11: Making cities liveable

When a pestilence caused the deaths of more than half of the population of Milan in 1846, it was evident that a clean and well-designed urban environment would be essential for human welfare.

Covid-19 and SDG 10: Creating inclusive societies

“When a number of flute players are equal in their art, there is no reason why those of them who are better born should have better flutes given to them; for they will not play any better on the flute, and the superior instrument should be reserved for him who is the superior artist”.

Covid-19 and SDG 9: Strengthening infrastructure and innovation

On February 3, 2020, Huoshenshan Hospital, an emergency specialty field hospital covering an area of 34,000 square metres and containing 1,000 beds, opened its doors for the treatment of Covid-19 patients in Wuhan, China.

Covid-19 and SDG 8: Reviving economies, restoring livelihoods

The Rule of 70, sometimes also referred to as the Rule of 72 or Rule of 69.3, is a method for approximating the number of years it will take for a number to double, given its annual growth rate.

A wake-up call for universal social protection

The coronavirus pandemic has bluntly exposed how a large number of people across the world are susceptible to health and economic shocks.

Healthcare in the time of Covid-19

Throughout the world, governments of various countries are taking extraordinary measures to deal with the crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

February 9, 2020
February 9, 2020

SDG 5: Going for Girl Power

An episode in UNICEF Bangla-desh’s popular cartoon Meena, the protagonist’s cousin Rita, a 15-year-old girl receives a proposal to marry the village shopkeeper’s son.

February 3, 2020
February 3, 2020

Ending Ignorance in Bangladesh

In Satyajit Ray’s 1980 dystopian film “Hirok Rajar Deshe” (Kingdom of Diamonds), the king used several measures, such as high taxes, forced labour and brain-washing, to maintain a stranglehold on his people.

January 26, 2020
January 26, 2020

Revisiting the Revolutionary Medicine

It was his last semester before graduation. Yet Ernesto Guevara decided to postpone the completion of his medical degree, and instead embarked on an audacious adventure.

January 20, 2020
January 20, 2020

Implementing SDG 2: Abolishing the ‘appetite’ for hunger

A woman is seen squatting on the ground in front of a large pile of garbage. She is holding a baby whose face appears over her shoulder.

January 16, 2020
January 16, 2020

Uninstalling Injustice

Let us do an exercise. Clench your fist, and then gently loosen your fingers a little.

April 28, 2019
April 28, 2019

High interest rate: Is it in the public interest?

Interest rate is a much-talked-about issue as far as savings and investment are concerned.

January 19, 2019
January 19, 2019

Employment in the age of automation

The lift-operator is a peculiar person. He sits on a stool inside a small, claustrophobic space. In the olden days his job required quite a few skills.

October 22, 2018
October 22, 2018

Cities and climate change

Urbanisation is escalating worldwide. Hence cities are becoming increasingly crucial in dealing with climate change. According to UN Habitat, cities contribute to 70 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions whilst occupying only two percent of the world's land.

September 9, 2018
September 9, 2018

The value of a woman's time

The word “economics” originates from the Greek “oikonomikos”, which roughly means management and care of the household. From this etymology, it may appear that women, who are often in charge of managing and caring for the household, would be highly regarded in the discipline of economics. Yet in conventional economics, the unpaid housework of women is completely disregarded.

June 27, 2018
June 27, 2018

Why do people evade taxes?

In Satyajit Ray's 1980 dystopian film Hirok Rajar Deshe (Kingdom of Diamonds), a diamond miner accused of tax evasion is brought to the court of the king. The miner pleads for the king's mercy, as he confesses that he is too poor to pay taxes.

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