August 4, 2021
Challenges facing SMEs during pandemic
In Bangladesh, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have heterogeneous characteristics, which are evident from their diverse business activities. However, the discussion on SMEs has a fundamental problem related to the definition and scope.
July 4, 2021
Covid-19 recovery: Contexts and priorities in Bangladesh
Around a year and a half have passed since the onset of the Covid crisis.
June 3, 2021
Expectations from budget
This year’s national budget will be the second to be implemented amid the ongoing unprecedented economic and social crisis brought on by Covid-19.
May 9, 2021
Stimulating private investment in times of pandemic
In Bangladesh, despite the gradual rise in the investment-GDP ratio over the past three decades, private sector investment, in proportion to GDP, had remained stagnant for years even before the onset of Covid-19. The Covid-19 crisis intensified the problem.
April 18, 2021
Strategies to address Covid-19 induced labour market challenges
Covid-19 deeply affected the labour market in Bangladesh. It intensified some of the existing challenges and brought about a new set of problems. A large number of people either lost employment or income and many are also experiencing intense job insecurity and uncertainty.
March 23, 2021
Regional integration in the Bay of Bengal: In search of a new agenda
Academics, policymakers and other stakeholders in the Bay of Bengal region and beyond agree on the need for greater integration in this region.
March 21, 2021
How much has the labour market recovered?
Despite signs of recovery in the economy, there is no denying the fact that the impact of Covid-19 on the labour market can be far reaching.
February 3, 2021
Strategies to tackle pandemic induced poverty in Bangladesh
The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented rise in poverty in Bangladesh in a very short time span.
January 3, 2021
Setting development priorities right in 2021
As the Covid-19 pandemic left a deep dent on the development trajectories of Bangladesh, the country must set its development priorities right in 2021. Bangladesh aims to achieve the stiff Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, and it aspires to become an upper-middle-income country by 2031.
November 4, 2020
Covid-19 and the road to recovery in Bangladesh
Covid-19 has generated hugely distressing effects on the economy of Bangladesh.