Income inequality

Reducing income inequality: An agenda in search of actions

Reducing income inequality by taking concrete steps is morally fair and economically justified.

A ‘very unequal society’ looms

Eminent economist Prof Rehman Sobhan thinks Bangladesh in the next 10 years will be a very unequal society even though the economy could be diversified and better off in terms of aggregate.

The ravages of wealth

Bangladesh’s wealth inequality keeps getting wider

Stability without democracy can't sustain growth

Ironically, under the shadow of stability, the quality of economics and politics has been compromised

Are individual districts falling behind, while Bangladesh develops as a whole?

Overall progress can conceal significant details regarding regional variations in development

The global conspiracy – against women

Clearly, deep-rooted biases and stereotypes are at play.

Rise of inequality, drumbeat of development

Rising economic inequality in Bangladesh is not an inevitable phenomenon.

Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2022 / A poverty, inequality, and growth puzzle

The poverty trend emerging from valid comparisons with the previous rounds of HIES may or may not be different.

Post-Covid challenges for our labour market

Specific policy incentives are needed to stimulate the economy and revive the labour market.

March 23, 2024
March 23, 2024

Reducing income inequality: An agenda in search of actions

Reducing income inequality by taking concrete steps is morally fair and economically justified.

March 10, 2024
March 10, 2024

A ‘very unequal society’ looms

Eminent economist Prof Rehman Sobhan thinks Bangladesh in the next 10 years will be a very unequal society even though the economy could be diversified and better off in terms of aggregate.

March 1, 2024
March 1, 2024

The ravages of wealth

Bangladesh’s wealth inequality keeps getting wider

July 18, 2023
July 18, 2023

Stability without democracy can't sustain growth

Ironically, under the shadow of stability, the quality of economics and politics has been compromised

July 16, 2023
July 16, 2023

Are individual districts falling behind, while Bangladesh develops as a whole?

Overall progress can conceal significant details regarding regional variations in development

June 23, 2023
June 23, 2023

The global conspiracy – against women

Clearly, deep-rooted biases and stereotypes are at play.

May 25, 2023
May 25, 2023

Rise of inequality, drumbeat of development

Rising economic inequality in Bangladesh is not an inevitable phenomenon.

April 16, 2023
April 16, 2023

A poverty, inequality, and growth puzzle

The poverty trend emerging from valid comparisons with the previous rounds of HIES may or may not be different.

September 14, 2022
September 14, 2022

Post-Covid challenges for our labour market

Specific policy incentives are needed to stimulate the economy and revive the labour market.

September 11, 2022
September 11, 2022

The unjust and discriminatory face of corruption

The cost of grand corruption in Bangladesh is only continuing to go up.

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