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- Dr Selim Raihan
- Feb 3, 2026
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- Sultana Yeasmin
- Jan 15, 2026
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- Dr Selim Raihan
- Jan 7, 2026
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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Bangladesh’s Poverty Reversal: Causes and Policy Priorities
- Mahtab Uddin
- Jan 7, 2026
Bangladesh’s poverty rate fell from about half the population in the 1990s to one-fifth by 2019. However, this progress proved fragile. COVID-19 and related measures disrupted jobs, enterprises, remittance flows, and supply chains. Estimates show sharp, temporary poverty increases during 2020–21. Recovery [....]
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A Paradigm Shift in Aid: What Does it Mean for the Global South?
- Mahtab Uddin
- Jul 1, 2025
For decades, the promise of global development was rooted in a simple idea: the world, though unequal, could move forward together. Richer countries would support poorer ones through aid, trade, and investment, not out of charity, but out of shared interest and historical responsibility [....]
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Why Does Bangladesh Spend So Little on Education and Healthcare, and What Can Be Done?
- Mahtab Uddin
- Jan 9, 2025
In 1981 Bangladesh had 45 million people in the working age population in the range of 15-64. Male labour force participation was 84%. Female labour force participation was only 4.5%. Most of the workers were employed in the agricultural sector [....]
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An Analytical Narrative of the Governance Failures in the Banking Sector
- Eshrat Sharmin, Lubaba Mahjabin Prima, Sayema Haque Bidisha
- Sep 2, 2024
Though Bangladesh has made notable advancements in certain banking indicators, such as access and the depth of the banking system, poor governance, political meddling, and corruption in this sector has created increasing concern in recent years as for the past two decades [....]
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আগের মতোই গতানুগতিক বাজেট
- Sayema Haque Bidisha
- Jul 7, 2024
প্রস্তাবিত বাজেটের সঙ্গে পাস হওয়া বাজেটের তেমন পরিবর্তন নেই। দুই-এক জায়গায় সামান্য পরিবর্তন হয়েছে। এবারের বাজেট আগের বছরের বাজেটগুলোরই ধারাবাহিকতা বা গতানুগতিক। কিছু কিছু পরিবর্তনের ক্ষেত্রে সাধারণ মানুষের মধ্যে আশা ছিল, কিন্তু চূড়ান্ত বাজেটে সেগুলো আমরা দেখিনি [....]
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Some Insights from the Labour Force Survey 2022
- Sayema Haque Bidisha
- Jul 3, 2024
In the context of Bangladesh, despite impressive progresses in terms of different socioeconomic indicators, there remain challenges in some areas and the labor market is argued to be one of those. Besides, especially in the context of high inflationary pressure and contractionary [....]
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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। [....]
