inequality
Institutional reform needed for an inclusive Bangladesh
Ultimately, the battle between extractive and inclusive institutions is not just a fight over resources; it is a fight over the future direction of the country.
Why leaders fail
Leadership failures are most apparent when decisions exacerbate inequality, suppress free expression, and sustain inefficiencies.
Achieving SDG 10 / Can Bangladesh reduce income inequality by 2030?
In Bangladesh, challenges hindering the achievement of economic equality are: low public expenditure on education, training, health, rural development and social protection.
The many faces of inequality in Bangladesh
Issues of fundamental human rights violations, the destruction of social justice, and unjust biases remain central to inequalities and discrimination.
A blueprint for reforms: Tackling corruption, inequality, and autocracy
The government needs to set in place irreversible principles and practices that constrain arbitrary power in the future leading to the misuse of popular consent.
Has poverty-alleviation spending made any difference?
Inequalities occur not only in income, but also in non-income dimensions
The poor’s debt burden gets heavier
The vicious cycle of taking loans to pay bills and then taking another loan to pay off the first loan may continue throughout their lives, with little or no real improvement in their living standards.
The rise of the Ambani brand
With great wealth, should there not be great scrutiny and accountability?
The ravages of wealth
Bangladesh’s wealth inequality keeps getting wider
Institutional reform needed for an inclusive Bangladesh
Ultimately, the battle between extractive and inclusive institutions is not just a fight over resources; it is a fight over the future direction of the country.
Why leaders fail
Leadership failures are most apparent when decisions exacerbate inequality, suppress free expression, and sustain inefficiencies.
Can Bangladesh reduce income inequality by 2030?
In Bangladesh, challenges hindering the achievement of economic equality are: low public expenditure on education, training, health, rural development and social protection.
The many faces of inequality in Bangladesh
Issues of fundamental human rights violations, the destruction of social justice, and unjust biases remain central to inequalities and discrimination.
A blueprint for reforms: Tackling corruption, inequality, and autocracy
The government needs to set in place irreversible principles and practices that constrain arbitrary power in the future leading to the misuse of popular consent.
Has poverty-alleviation spending made any difference?
Inequalities occur not only in income, but also in non-income dimensions
The poor’s debt burden gets heavier
The vicious cycle of taking loans to pay bills and then taking another loan to pay off the first loan may continue throughout their lives, with little or no real improvement in their living standards.
The rise of the Ambani brand
With great wealth, should there not be great scrutiny and accountability?
The ravages of wealth
Bangladesh’s wealth inequality keeps getting wider
Poverty, inequality, food insecurity rise in urban areas: Sanem
Sanem carried out a survey among 9,000 households countrywide in Oct-Nov of 2023