
Selim Jahan
Selim Jahan is former director of the Human Development Report Office under the United Nations Development Programme and lead author of the Human Development Report.
Selim Jahan is former director of the Human Development Report Office under the United Nations Development Programme and lead author of the Human Development Report.
The importance of oceans in human lives can hardly be overemphasised.
The issue of joblessness should be at the centre of the growth strategy.
The philosophical focus of the upcoming budget should be pro-poor and pro-people.
The expansion of animosity and prejudice is rooted in toxic patriarchy.
HDI discussion in Bangladesh should focus on some fundamental issues with policy implications.
Do macroeconomic concepts reflect the realities on the ground?
IMF left Bangladesh without any decision on the release of next tranches of a loan.
On the first day of the Bangla New Year, every nook and corner of Bangladesh is brightened.
Assessing the overall results of the index, it seems that the world’s democracies are struggling.
In the new geopolitical order, Bangladesh must seize the emerging economic opportunities.
Today, Bangladesh aspires to build a society without inequalities—particularly economic inequalities.
The efficacy of various policy measures undertaken by the government has been questioned.
Every child born in Bangladesh today is born with a debt.
In measuring human development, the role of education is clear and concrete.
Recently, the value-added tax (VAT) and supplementary duty (SD) have been increased on nearly one hundred products and services.
The “digital divide” is a way to describe the inequality in the online community.
Over the years, one of the social protection instruments that has been piloted in many countries is the universal basic income.
November 25 highlights the global issue of violence against women and its impact.