LDC graduation status for Bangladesh

Bangladesh looking to stay competitive after LDC graduation

The government will soon find an alternative for cash subsidies on export so that local exporters can remain competitive even after Bangladesh graduates from the list of least developed countries (LDCs) in 2026, according to experts.

Charting the middle-income journey

Bangladesh needs proper macroeconomic management to avoid middle income trap

WTO recognises need for duty benefits for graduating LDCs

Bangladesh and other graduating least-developed countries (LDCs) might not have received a clear-cut extension of the current duty-free trade benefit at the ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that concluded today (June 17, 2022), but their demand was recognised at the declaration.

The fault in our idea of progress

Puzzling positive developments in our economic indicators, which hardly delineate the real socioeconomic conditions of the people in Bangladesh, are not new phenomena.

‘There are possibilities to LDC graduation as well as challenges’

There are challenges to the graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) status for Bangladesh, however there are possibilities as well, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith says.

March 21, 2023
March 21, 2023

Bangladesh looking to stay competitive after LDC graduation

The government will soon find an alternative for cash subsidies on export so that local exporters can remain competitive even after Bangladesh graduates from the list of least developed countries (LDCs) in 2026, according to experts.

September 13, 2022
September 13, 2022

Charting the middle-income journey

Bangladesh needs proper macroeconomic management to avoid middle income trap

June 17, 2022
June 17, 2022

WTO recognises need for duty benefits for graduating LDCs

Bangladesh and other graduating least-developed countries (LDCs) might not have received a clear-cut extension of the current duty-free trade benefit at the ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that concluded today (June 17, 2022), but their demand was recognised at the declaration.

June 12, 2022
June 12, 2022

The fault in our idea of progress

Puzzling positive developments in our economic indicators, which hardly delineate the real socioeconomic conditions of the people in Bangladesh, are not new phenomena.

March 21, 2018
March 21, 2018

‘There are possibilities to LDC graduation as well as challenges’

There are challenges to the graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) status for Bangladesh, however there are possibilities as well, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith says.