Bretton Woods Institutions: From solution to problem

July 2019 saw the 75th anniversary of the historic conference of 44 countries held at the Bretton Woods (BW) resort in New Hampshire during July 1-22, 1944.CONFERENCE: At BW, John Maynard Keynes, representing the UK, and Harry Dexter White, for the USA, both sought a new international monetary system following...

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Growth, development and crisis of moral values

It goes without saying that Bangladesh has made some impressive strides in economic growth and development in recent years. The overall growth trend has been spiralling for the last few years due to some groundbreaking steps taken by the government. In almost all the indicators of growth and development, there...

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Aid for Trade lacks transparency

Enhancing trade and developing trade related capacity and infrastructure in developing and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is a lingering challenge most of these countries are critically fraught with. To overcome the challenge, trade-related aid is recognised as an important tool by the international community. That's why, the Aid for Trade...

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