Body formed to prepare White Paper on state of economy

The interim government formed a committee on Wednesday to prepare a "White Paper on the State of the Bangladesh Economy."

Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), will lead the 12-member committee, as announced by the press office of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.

Other members of the committee are: Professor A. K. Enamul Haque, Professor at Department of Economics and Dean of Faculty of Business and Economics, East West University; Ferdaus Ara Begum, Chief Executive Officer of Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD); Imran Matin, Executive Director of BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) at BRAC University; Dr Kazi Iqbal, Senior Research Fellow at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS); Dr M Tamim, Professor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and Former Special Assistant to the Chief Advisor of caretaker government; Dr Mohammad Abu Eusuf, Professor of Department of Development Studies at University of Dhaka; Professor Mustafizur Rahman, Distinguished Fellow at CPD; Dr Selim Raihan, Professor of Department of Economics at University of Dhaka and Executive Director of South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM); Dr Sharmind Neelormi, Professor of Department of Economics at Jahangirnagar University; Dr Tasneem Arefa Siddiqui, Former Professor of Department of Political Science at University of Dhaka and Founding Chair, Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU); and Dr Zahid Hossain, former Lead Economist at The World Bank and eminent columnist.

Earlier, the Chief Adviser to the interim government gave his nod to the formation of the committee to prepare a white paper on the state of Bangladesh's economy.

The proposed white paper is to outline strategic recommendations for stabilising the economy, achieving Sustainable Development Goals, and addressing the challenges faced by Bangladesh as it transitions from the least developed country status, it was learnt.

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