Bangladesh growth paradox and worsening income inequality

High economic growth in Bangladesh is now a recognised fact. But it is not adequately benefiting the larger section of the people. With sustained growth, inequality is also rising. While the annual average growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is now 7.0 per cent, income Gini Co-efficient increased from 0.458...

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Inclusive growth or else

At this year's World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, participants did not question the basic building blocks of growth in today's global economy: free markets, good governance, and investment in human capital and infrastructure. But they did criticise how unfairly the benefits of growth are being distributed. Rightly so:...

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Ensuring safe return of the Rohingyas

The ongoing Rohingya crisis is probably one of the worst human tragedies of the 21st century the world community, particularly Bangladesh, has seen. In the last five months, more than 650,000 Rohingyas were forced by the Myanmar government to flee home and to take shelter in Bangladesh. The Rohingya people...

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