Can Bangladesh reduce income inequality by 2030?
In Bangladesh, challenges hindering the achievement of economic equality are: low public expenditure on education, training, health, rural development and social protection.
1w ago
We need a local government reform commission
Public funds allocation to local bodies is discriminatory.
1m ago
A national project evaluation policy is essential for Bangladesh
There is no alternative to an M&E policy to ensure quality public spending and better outcome from development expenditure.
2m ago
Time to exploit the potential of local partners and products
It is important to encourage all development players to invest money and energy to maximise their contributions towards the GDP growth.
5m ago
Imperfect competition, subsidies and bailouts: Where is the policy balance
Competition law is not an end in itself and to use it, we need to have a good understanding of how markets work.
8m ago
Who can help utilise our development budget?
It has been observed that monitoring & evaluation functions within ministries and their departments are poorly understood, under-funded, and underutilised.
10m ago
Bangladesh needs to do better for its elderly
Globally, the older people are called senior citizens and they receive various support and benefits.
1y ago
December 5, 2021
Develop Chattogram’s drainage system before more lives are lost
Chattogram, the country’s second largest city and home to its main sea port, with an estimated population of 52 lakh people, has been suffering from serious water-logging and drainage issues for a long time.
November 4, 2021
For effective town planning, we must learn from past mistakes
Town planning is both a science and an art of designing and developing urban areas.
October 4, 2021
The flip side of megaprojects
A megaproject is a large-scale, costly and complex venture, and its implementation usually takes several years.
September 28, 2021
There’s still time to save Gazipur
The Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) area has seen a fast population growth over the last two decades.
August 13, 2021
Using technologies is key to speeding up ADP execution
The implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) in Bangladesh has been severely affected by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in the last 17 months.
August 1, 2021
Rapid urbanisation and a rise in infectious diseases
Income growth leads to increased urbanisation, which due to higher concentration of the population in smaller geographical areas can cause higher rates of infectious diseases.
June 16, 2021
Inclusive growth policies can reduce inequality in Bangladesh
Whether economic growth has an inherent mechanism to reduce both poverty and inequality has been extensively studied in developed and developing countries.
May 8, 2021
How to improve beneficiary targeting in social protection programmes?
It is widely acknowled-ged that Bangladesh has been successful in making impressive gains in poverty reduction in the past years. Nevertheless, at the end of 2019, there were still about 16.5 million people categorised as extreme poor.
April 13, 2021
Dhaka city’s unbridled expansion
Dhaka has been going through an unprecedented level of urban growth during the last five decades. As the capital of newly independent Bangladesh in 1971, Dhaka had a population of only 1.5 million, whereas it currently has an estimated population of 21.7 million.
March 14, 2021
What are our expectations from the newly elected municipality councils?
Elections to the paurashava (municipality) councils are ongoing since December 2020 in phases, and are expected to be concluded by April 2021.
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