June 7, 2020
The Great Lockdown
The social distancing measures to contain the spread of the Covid-19 infection have been appropriately called the Great Lockdown, in remembrance of the Great Recession of the 1930s.
December 26, 2019
Reclaiming a Moral Economy
Bangladesh currently ranks among the fastest growing major economies in the world, notwithstanding some doubts about the growth estimates.
June 11, 2018
How democracies die and economies grow
There are two prominent themes of contemporary development discourses, both lacking a consensus, as reflected in academic research and in their popular versions in bestseller books.
May 15, 2018
A matter of definition?
In 2015, we welcomed the good news that Bangladesh had graduated from the low-income to low-middle-income status in the World Bank's classification of countries.
April 7, 2018
In memory of Simeen Mahmud
It is both difficult and painful to write an obituary of a spouse, particularly if the death is an untimely one. Yet many friends and academic colleagues of Simeen, my wife who has recently died at a Harvard hospital within hours of being rushed to the emergency room, have requested me to do so since they think that she was both my “intellectual and life's partner”.
June 2, 2017
Ambitious, populist with eye on polls
If the past record of budget implementation is any guide, the proposed budget definitely looks ambitious in terms of both revenue