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…
Under the 2016 landmark Paris Climate Agreement, 174 countries and the European Union committed to Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to keep the global average temperature rise
Mostafiz Uddin, the Managing Director of Denim Expert Ltd., a niche denim manufacturing and washing plant exporting about USD 20 million of jeans and denim products, and the Founder and CEO of the Bangladesh Apparel Exchange
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 achieved tremendous development success since the early 1990s based on a dynamic private sector that responded well to trade, investment and financial sector deregulation (Ahmed 2017).
Bangladesh has made important progress in a number of areas relating to environmental management but this has not matched the progress with the growth and poverty reduction agenda.
PRI along with Bangladesh’s leading development partners like the World Bank Group (WBG) are helping the government to develop the Green Growth Strategy and associated Action Plan
