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Navigating Global Trade Turbulence: Bangladesh’s Strategic Pathway
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Apr 7, 2025
There are several emerging trends in international trade and investment. First, there are ongoing trends of fragmentation of trade and reorganization of geopolitics. The growing US-China, US-Canada, and US-Mexico trade war is compelling trade diversification and regionalisation. The “China+1” approach [....]
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Unpacking Bangladesh’s Economic Resilience
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Mar 5, 2025
Economic resilience, defined as the ability of an economy to quickly rebound from shocks while remaining stable and growing over the long term, is one of the most important determinants of a country’s ability to resist internal and exogenous shocks. For Bangladesh [....]
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Waning Foreign Investment: A Wake-Up Call for Policymakers in Bangladesh
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Feb 2, 2025
Bangladesh has struggled to attract substantial foreign direct investment (FDI), reflected in its low FDI as a percentage of GDP compared to regional peers. In 2023, Bangladesh’s FDI to GDP ratio was only 0.4%, while Vietnam’s was 4.3%. In that year, Vietnam attracted around 39 billion [....]
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Charting a Path Forward: Strategic Priorities for Bangladesh in 2025
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Jan 8, 2025
As Bangladesh steps into a new year and looks forward to confronting ongoing economic and political challenges, the need for objectively assessing the country’s current economic realities cannot be overstated. The economy is experiencing several complex challenges [....]
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Takeaways from COP29
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Dec 11, 2024
COP29 convened in Baku amidst worsening climate disasters and was touted as a turning point in global climate action. However, its outcomes point to some very systemic shortcomings of the international climate regime. Though COP29 finally managed to agree upon [....]
