Disconnect between expenditure, strategies and outcomes is a major weakness of the present approach to integration of climate change in national development, and there are ways to resolve it Bangladesh…

It was heartening to read the honorable Prime Minister’s explanation to the press on the need for an increase in diesel prices. It was a politically difficult decision but  the right…

The 2041 Perspective Plan seeks to transform Bangladesh from lower middle income to an upper middle income country by 2031 and eventually to a high income country by 2041. These…

Bangladesh faces a significant challenge attempting to achieve and sustain high growth while ensuring environmental degradation is kept to a minimum. As global climate negotiations attempt to elicit commitments from…

The recently released special report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a dire picture — the global temperature has increased by over 1 degree centigrade over pre-industrial…

THE awarding of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize jointly to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ought to be roundly…

As one of the fastest growing economies in South Asia, Bangladesh continues to experience sustained economic growth underpinned by macroeconomic stability and strong domestic demand. The country has been growing…

Inspired by the exemplary development performance under the Sixth Five Year Plan (FY2010-FY2015), whereby Bangladesh sharply reduced modest and extreme poverty, improved human development…

Bangladesh’s development performance over the past 50 years since independence is truly outstanding.  Per capita income grew from less than $100 in 1972 to $2064 in 2020; GDP growth averaged 6.8%…

The green agenda is an integral part of the Bangladesh overall development agenda, and its implementation is linked with concrete outcomes that have a determining effect on the people’s welfare.