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Bangladesh Investment Summit 2025: Big Promises Amid Fragile Realities
- Sudeepto Roy
- Apr 30, 2025
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) jointly organized the Bangladesh Investment Summit 2025, held from April 7–10 in Dhaka. In an unstable political climate, the summit marked a significant effort by the interim government to place [....]
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Reforming Public Expenditure in Bangladesh: From Inefficiency to Impact
- Eshrat Sharmin, Sudeepto Roy
- Sep 2, 2024
The effectiveness of public expenditure is particularly crucial for a developing country like Bangladesh, where resources are limited, and the needs are vast. Despite the significant allocation of resources over the years, the efficiency of public expenditure in Bangladesh has often fallen short [....]
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Tax Reform Imperatives for the Interim Government
- Dr Bazlul Haque Khondker
- Sep 2, 2024
Bangladesh is at a crossroad after the student led movement. The expectations from the current interim government are huge pointing to bold and radical reforms in various fronts including economic front. Key economic challenges facing the interim government are taming inflation, arresting foreign reserve [....]
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Reforms proposed by IMF have been planned by the govt before
- Dr Bazlul Haque Khondker
- Nov 28, 2022
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded their much-awaited mission in Bangladesh on November 9. The visit had a positive outcome as the Bangladesh government and the IMF reached a staff-level agreement, which happened within a reasonable timeframe [....]
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Bangladesh needs a new vision for social protection
- Dr Bazlul Haque Khondker
- Oct 24, 2022
Social protection is an important fiscal policy instrument that not only helps smoothen consumption and reduce poverty and inequality, but also spurs growth via raising the aggregate demand. Since independence, Bangladesh’s social protection [....]
