CPD estimated that around 50 percent of this amount has been lost to corporate tax evasion.
Restoring macroeconomic stability should be the top priority for policymakers amid a challenging environment for the interim government, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) wrote in its budget recommendations yesterday.
The caution comes as consumer prices, despite easing in the last two months, have stayed over 9 percent for the 24th month in a row
“Steps taken by the government so far failed to bring down prices of essential commodities,” said CPD Executive Director Fahmida Khatun
All the reform commissions that have been set up might not be able to rid the country of crony capitalism without wholesale structural reforms, said Rehman Sobhan, chairman of the Centre for Policy Dialogue.
More than 16 percent of Bangladeshi businesses identified corruption as the biggest obstacle to their operations, according to a survey conducted between April and July of this year.
Around 17% of businesses identified corruption as biggest challenge, according to a CPD survey
The think-tank suggested adopting a short-term build-operate-transfer model to address infrastructure issues
The study highlighted that the damage represents 1.81 percent of the national budget for fiscal year (FY) 2024-25
CPD estimated that around 50 percent of this amount has been lost to corporate tax evasion.
Restoring macroeconomic stability should be the top priority for policymakers amid a challenging environment for the interim government, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) wrote in its budget recommendations yesterday.
The caution comes as consumer prices, despite easing in the last two months, have stayed over 9 percent for the 24th month in a row
“Steps taken by the government so far failed to bring down prices of essential commodities,” said CPD Executive Director Fahmida Khatun
All the reform commissions that have been set up might not be able to rid the country of crony capitalism without wholesale structural reforms, said Rehman Sobhan, chairman of the Centre for Policy Dialogue.
More than 16 percent of Bangladeshi businesses identified corruption as the biggest obstacle to their operations, according to a survey conducted between April and July of this year.
Around 17% of businesses identified corruption as biggest challenge, according to a CPD survey
The think-tank suggested adopting a short-term build-operate-transfer model to address infrastructure issues
The study highlighted that the damage represents 1.81 percent of the national budget for fiscal year (FY) 2024-25
The Centre for Policy Dialogue yesterday urged the interim government to phase out all inefficient power plants as early as possible.
