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Economic Impacts of AMR
SANEM set out to estimate the future economic burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by 2050. We looked at the impact of AMR on four sectors of the economy: health system, the labour market, tourism, and domestic hospitality. We also estimated the return on investment of several interventions to prevent AMR.
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- Blog Post
How does improvement in infrastructure affect economic growth?
- Dr Selim Raihan, Sunera Saba Khan
- Mar 1, 2016
Infrastructure plays a decisive role in stimulating long-run economic growth. An increase in the level of infrastructure stock directly helps in reducing poverty and accelerating productivity. Infrastructure also contributes to the development process through the provision [....]
- Blog Post
Micro Implications of Macro Challenges
- Sayema Haque Bidisha
- Nov 28, 2022
At the moment, Bangladesh is facing a number of challenges in maintaining macroeconomic stability, with the taka depreciating against the US dollar due to increased import bills, coupled with declining export earnings and remittance inflows. This is made worse by the global economy [....]
- Blog Post
How to make development projects more time and cost-effective
- Sayema Haque Bidisha
- Dec 15, 2022
In light of the recent debt crisis in Sri Lanka, there is a growing discussion on the funding of development projects. In the context of foreign financing, if one concern is that of debt burden, the other is related to the inefficiency in managing foreign funds. In Bangladesh’s case [....]
- Blog Post
What contributes to the development of Bangladesh?
- Sayema Haque Bidisha
- Jan 26, 2023
After 51 years of independence, one could say the success story of Bangladesh’s economic development has been spectacular. Over these years, the size of our economy has expanded manyfold; from a GDP of around USD 8.7 billion in [....]
- Blog Post
আমি অভ্যন্তরীণ ঋণের ব্যাপারে বেশি গুরুত্ব দেব
- Sayema Haque Bidisha
- Jun 30, 2024
বাংলাদেশে আগামী ২০২৪-২৫ অর্থবছরের জন্য বাজেট প্রস্তাব করেছেন অর্থমন্ত্রী আবুল হাসান মাহমুদ আলী। জাতীয় সংসদে বাজেট নিয়ে আলোচনা চলমান। সার্বিক অর্থনৈতিক পরিস্থিতি বিবেচনায় প্রস্তাবিত বাজেটটি কেমন হলো– এ বিষয়ে সংশ্লিষ্ট বিশেষজ্ঞ, অর্থনীতিবিদ এবং বিভিন্ন অংশীজনের মতামত জানতে চেয়েছে ভয়েস অফ আমেরিকা। [....]
