Understanding the Renewable Energy Landscape in Bangladesh

The energy landscape of Bangladesh is primarily characterised and sustained by fossil fuel-based energy sources, namely, natural gas, with more than half of the electricity being generated by domestic natural

Estimating Costs of LNG-based Power Generation and Devising Alternatives Pathways towards Green and Clean Energy

The power and energy sector of Bangladesh is currently being challenged by newer obstacles imposing its inherent structural and institutional vulnerabilities despite of notable achievements

An Analysis of the Power and Energy Sector in the FY2023-24 National Budget

There is no denying that, to sustain Bangladesh’s growth momentum and address its development challenges, a continuous and uninterrupted energy supply is a prerequisite. Currently, the energy landscape of Bangladesh is primarily characterized by natural gas

An Analysis of Gender-Responsive Budgeting: Bangladesh Perspective

Gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) is a targeted budgetary instrument implemented into multiple developing countries’ fiscal plans. GRB ensures that policy prescriptions to address gender inequality

COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 7th Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in January 2022

The seventh round of the Business Confidence Index (BCI) survey commenced in January 2022—at a time when the country had entered a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the new Omicron

Gender Sensitive Budgeting: Bangladesh Perspective

Creating separate budgets for women or merely boosting funding for their programs is not what gender-responsive budgeting entails. Instead, gender-responsive budgeting aims to make sure

The Impact of the COVID Pandemic on the Cost of Production and Orders in Bangladesh

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed, and exacerbated, the power imbalance along the value chain between the producers of the global south and the buyers of the global north. The Ready-Made

Policy Brief on Estimating Costs of LNG-based Power Generation and Devising Alternatives Pathways towards Green and Clean Energy

The power sector has played a crucial role in driving economic development and growth of Bangladesh over the years. In this connection, significant progresses have been made in expanding power generation

Policy Brief on An Analysis of the Power and Energy Sector in the FY2023-24 National Budget

There is no denying that to continue the growth momentum of Bangladesh and meet the country’s development challenges, a continuous and uninterrupted supply of energy is a prerequisite

Renewable energy in budget FY 23-24: understanding the shortfall

Bangladesh aims to generate 40% electricity from renewable sources by 2041. However, the previous target of producing 10% of total electricity from RE by 2020 is far from being realised. Currently, only 3.7% of the total energy mix consists of renewable sources