
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.
What needs to be done in today’s Bangladesh, as the country is trying to move forward?
Inequalities occur not only in income, but also in non-income dimensions
According to latest reports, the Labour Party has won a landslide victory with 412 seats.
In general, five issues need to be borne in mind when it comes to bank mergers in Bangladesh.
People are the real wealth of a nation. The fundamental objective of development is to create an enabling environment for people to enjoy a long, healthy, and creative life. Human development is simply defined as a process of enlarging choices and creating opportunities for everyone.
Dr Selim Jahan lays out all the facts about Bangladesh's debt financing situation.
Debt servicing has become a rising concern for developing countries in recent times.
“Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber, and as deadly as a hitman”—these were the words of Ronald Reagan during his campaign for the US presidency at the beginning of 1980s.
Analytically speaking, if economic growth is to be inclusive, it must fulfil three mutually synergetic criteria: it must be sustained and pro-poor; it must ensure equity in resource availability, access to basic social services and income distribution; and it must be accompanied by productive employment.
It was a bright sunny morning in Vientiane, where I was visiting during the first week of December 2017.