development

Can Bangladesh forge its own 'economic miracle'?

Still struggling after five decades, Bangladesh has turned into a development paradox.

Beyond development paradox & unnayan without democracy

As Bangladesh seeks to recalibrate its path in the aftermath of recent upheavals, the time is ripe to revisit an oft-invoked but under-examined agenda: institutional reform. Institutions are crucial to understand, as they are foundational for governance, transformation, and economic development.

Time to exploit the potential of local partners and products

It is important to encourage all development players to invest money and energy to maximise their contributions towards the GDP growth.

Navigating development pathways in the evolving global order

The fundamental principles of a country’s development policy originate from the aspirations of the people through their struggles.

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

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.

March 12, 2023
March 12, 2023

Dhaka, a victim of poor governance

If government officials were held responsible and accountable for every incident, things would have been corrected much earlier.

February 6, 2023
February 6, 2023

Who will defend our public property defenders?

Over the past month, journalists and activists have been subjected to an amplified scale of threats, intimidation, and incarceration at the hands of powerful group.