Dr Nawshad Ahmed, a retired UN official, is an economist and urban planner.
Effective political leadership is essential for achieving democratic governance.
In Bangladesh, challenges hindering the achievement of economic equality are: low public expenditure on education, training, health, rural development and social protection.
Public funds allocation to local bodies is discriminatory.
There is no alternative to an M&E policy to ensure quality public spending and better outcome from development expenditure.
It is important to encourage all development players to invest money and energy to maximise their contributions towards the GDP growth.
Competition law is not an end in itself and to use it, we need to have a good understanding of how markets work.
It has been observed that monitoring & evaluation functions within ministries and their departments are poorly understood, under-funded, and underutilised.
Globally, the older people are called senior citizens and they receive various support and benefits.
Effective political leadership is essential for achieving democratic governance.
In Bangladesh, challenges hindering the achievement of economic equality are: low public expenditure on education, training, health, rural development and social protection.
Public funds allocation to local bodies is discriminatory.
There is no alternative to an M&E policy to ensure quality public spending and better outcome from development expenditure.
It is important to encourage all development players to invest money and energy to maximise their contributions towards the GDP growth.
Competition law is not an end in itself and to use it, we need to have a good understanding of how markets work.
It has been observed that monitoring & evaluation functions within ministries and their departments are poorly understood, under-funded, and underutilised.
Globally, the older people are called senior citizens and they receive various support and benefits.
Unplanned transport infrastructure.
Urban environmental management challenges are quite serious in Bangladesh due to unplanned urbanisation, and with no national policy to regulate it.