
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.
I do not remember who gave me the book—it may have been a friend, colleague, or a student of mine.
Development is all about enlarging freedoms for all so that every human being can pursue the choices they value and raise their voices in support of those choices.
We must realise that the US has started the tariff war with a political agenda.
In Gaza, the risk of famine is increasing due to protracted military operations. Humanitarian efforts are constrained both by inadequate relief materials and inaccessibility to the most affected areas.
Child marriage is closely linked to high adolescent pregnancy rates.
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.
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.
The million-dollar question is: how can Bangladesh recover the laundered money that has crossed its borders?
There is no denying the fact that the greatest wealth of a nation is neither its geographical size nor its natural resources, but its skilled human resources.
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.