development

Are ministers not complicit in time, cost overruns?

Why singularly blame bureaucrats and project directors for cost and time overruns?

Why do policymakers care so little about pollution?

Each day of inaction translates to more lives lost

Development NGOs: Arm of the state or part of civil society?

Just don’t expect too much from development NGOs in shifting the needle on the dial.

Who can help utilise our development budget?

It has been observed that monitoring & evaluation functions within ministries and their departments are poorly understood, under-funded, and underutilised.

More trees fall victim to development

Jahangirnagar University must protect its green campus

The debt supercycle comes to China

Could the debt woes of Country Garden, the behemoth Chinese real-estate developer now facing billions of dollars in losses, augur the cycle’s next turn?

Stability without democracy can't sustain growth

Ironically, under the shadow of stability, the quality of economics and politics has been compromised

‘Women, Gender and Development': Rocky ride along the evolutionary scale

Nazmunnessa Mahtab has written a quite all-encompassing book on women and gender issues.    

Book Review / Are there any lessons for Bangladesh in Ashoka Mody's ‘India Is Broken’?

Both countries have had a single-minded focus on GDP growth, with not enough attention to jobs, climate, the distribution effects and the destructive impact of crony capitalism.

April 8, 2024
April 8, 2024

Are ministers not complicit in time, cost overruns?

Why singularly blame bureaucrats and project directors for cost and time overruns?

March 29, 2024
March 29, 2024

Why do policymakers care so little about pollution?

Each day of inaction translates to more lives lost

March 5, 2024
March 5, 2024

Development NGOs: Arm of the state or part of civil society?

Just don’t expect too much from development NGOs in shifting the needle on the dial.

January 17, 2024
January 17, 2024

Who can help utilise our development budget?

It has been observed that monitoring & evaluation functions within ministries and their departments are poorly understood, under-funded, and underutilised.

November 3, 2023
November 3, 2023

More trees fall victim to development

Jahangirnagar University must protect its green campus

August 23, 2023
August 23, 2023

The debt supercycle comes to China

Could the debt woes of Country Garden, the behemoth Chinese real-estate developer now facing billions of dollars in losses, augur the cycle’s next turn?

July 18, 2023
July 18, 2023

Stability without democracy can't sustain growth

Ironically, under the shadow of stability, the quality of economics and politics has been compromised

May 25, 2023
May 25, 2023

‘Women, Gender and Development': Rocky ride along the evolutionary scale

Nazmunnessa Mahtab has written a quite all-encompassing book on women and gender issues.    

April 25, 2023
April 25, 2023

Are there any lessons for Bangladesh in Ashoka Mody's ‘India Is Broken’?

Both countries have had a single-minded focus on GDP growth, with not enough attention to jobs, climate, the distribution effects and the destructive impact of crony capitalism.

March 16, 2023
March 16, 2023

A memoir that helps understand development

Perhaps the most important contribution of the book lies in providing intimate insights into how NGOs work in Bangladesh.

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