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What contributes to the development of Bangladesh?
- Sayema Haque Bidisha
- Jan 26, 2023
After 51 years of independence, one could say the success story of Bangladesh’s economic development has been spectacular. Over these years, the size of our economy has expanded manyfold; from a GDP of around USD 8.7 billion in [....]
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How to make development projects more time and cost-effective
- Sayema Haque Bidisha
- Dec 15, 2022
In light of the recent debt crisis in Sri Lanka, there is a growing discussion on the funding of development projects. In the context of foreign financing, if one concern is that of debt burden, the other is related to the inefficiency in managing foreign funds. In Bangladesh’s case [....]
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Micro Implications of Macro Challenges
- Sayema Haque Bidisha
- Nov 28, 2022
At the moment, Bangladesh is facing a number of challenges in maintaining macroeconomic stability, with the taka depreciating against the US dollar due to increased import bills, coupled with declining export earnings and remittance inflows. This is made worse by the global economy [....]
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Demographic dividend: How do we include more youth into Bangladesh’s economy?
- Sayema Haque Bidisha
- Aug 29, 2022
For several reasons, the recently conducted Population and Housing Census 2022 of Bangladesh was of interest to people in different sectors, especially the policymakers and researchers. This is primarily because census data can be a crucial source of information [....]
