Income inequality
Can Dr Yunus’s vision for youth leadership deliver change?
In reality, except for two student advisers in the interim government, the rest are older individuals.
Opinion / We need humility, not hubris, to turn the economy around
While a privileged minority, sitting in their high castles, continue to enjoy a larger and larger share of the fruits of “development,” it is becoming obvious that the vast majority are increasingly struggling.
Reducing income inequality: An agenda in search of actions
Reducing income inequality by taking concrete steps is morally fair and economically justified.
A ‘very unequal society’ looms
Eminent economist Prof Rehman Sobhan thinks Bangladesh in the next 10 years will be a very unequal society even though the economy could be diversified and better off in terms of aggregate.
The ravages of wealth
Bangladesh’s wealth inequality keeps getting wider
Stability without democracy can't sustain growth
Ironically, under the shadow of stability, the quality of economics and politics has been compromised
Are individual districts falling behind, while Bangladesh develops as a whole?
Overall progress can conceal significant details regarding regional variations in development
The global conspiracy – against women
Clearly, deep-rooted biases and stereotypes are at play.
Rise of inequality, drumbeat of development
Rising economic inequality in Bangladesh is not an inevitable phenomenon.
Can Dr Yunus’s vision for youth leadership deliver change?
In reality, except for two student advisers in the interim government, the rest are older individuals.
We need humility, not hubris, to turn the economy around
While a privileged minority, sitting in their high castles, continue to enjoy a larger and larger share of the fruits of “development,” it is becoming obvious that the vast majority are increasingly struggling.
Reducing income inequality: An agenda in search of actions
Reducing income inequality by taking concrete steps is morally fair and economically justified.
A ‘very unequal society’ looms
Eminent economist Prof Rehman Sobhan thinks Bangladesh in the next 10 years will be a very unequal society even though the economy could be diversified and better off in terms of aggregate.
The ravages of wealth
Bangladesh’s wealth inequality keeps getting wider
Stability without democracy can't sustain growth
Ironically, under the shadow of stability, the quality of economics and politics has been compromised
Are individual districts falling behind, while Bangladesh develops as a whole?
Overall progress can conceal significant details regarding regional variations in development
The global conspiracy – against women
Clearly, deep-rooted biases and stereotypes are at play.
Rise of inequality, drumbeat of development
Rising economic inequality in Bangladesh is not an inevitable phenomenon.
A poverty, inequality, and growth puzzle
The poverty trend emerging from valid comparisons with the previous rounds of HIES may or may not be different.