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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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Energy Efficiency is Bangladesh’s Invisible Power Plant
- Mohammad Iftekharul Islam
- Nov 4, 2025
Every unit of energy saved carries more value than one produced, because imported fuel travels long distances, accumulates technical losses, and costs the country twice over. A kilowatt hour conserved at the source prevents the need for two kilowatt-hours of costly generation later. The International Energy Agency calls efficiency [....]
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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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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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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 [....]
