GESI as a development framework

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, more commonly referred to as GESI, has increasingly become a defining lens through which development practitioners, policymakers, and international organisations assess and plan interventions. Yet, despite its widespread use in project proposals, policy documents, and donor strategies, GESI is often misunderstood as a technical or...

From financial inclusion to systemic risk

Bangladesh's microcredit sector is not a conventional financial industry; it is the outcome of decades of social mobilisation, institutional innovation, and an integrated development philosophy that blends finance with health, education, disaster response, and livelihood support. The draft ordinance issued by the Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance...