July 4, 2021
Longer TRIPS transition period for LDCs overlooks post-graduation challenges
On June 29, members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) extended the deadline for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to protect intellectual property under the WTO's Agreement on Trade-Related...
June 28, 2021
Managing environmental resources for green growth in Bangladesh
The current pattern of global economic development is unsustainable. It is based on the extraction of natural resources and use of a carbon-intensive production and consumption system to produce...
June 21, 2021
Accountability in utilising resources is crucial for higher revenue mobilisation
The unreal target for revenue mobilisation has made the target numbers provided in the national budget unreliable and less authentic. For several years,
June 14, 2021
Recovery from the pandemic will depend on data-driven policy-making
The finance minister has recently rejected the survey findings of multiple organisations on the number of “new poor” created due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
June 6, 2021
Budget FY2022 addresses pandemic priorities only partially
In the year of Bangladesh’s golden jubilee, the finance minister has presented the 50th budget of Bangladesh for fiscal year (FY) 2022.
May 31, 2021
Expectations for the health sector in a pandemic budget
Public health has never been a priority sector for the government of Bangladesh when it comes to budget allocation.
May 24, 2021
Social safety net budget deserves higher share
The need for higher allocation for the social safety net programmes (SSNPs) has never been felt so badly than during the ongoing pandemic.
May 17, 2021
FY2022 budget should take an intergenerational perspective
The pandemic has pointed out the need for placing the youth issues at the centre stage of policy discourse.
May 10, 2021
The geo-politics of the pandemic is not helping poor countries
Over the past one and a half years or so, the pandemic has changed many things in our lives. It may continue to bring in more changes as the consequences of the pandemic unfold.
May 3, 2021
Prepare for the price to be paid for learning loss
Since the beginning of the pandemic, educational institutions have been closed in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus.