The arithmetic of poverty in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has apparently made remarkable progress in reducing poverty over the past one and half decades. According to the national estimates, the overall head-count poverty fell from as high as 48.9 per cent in 2000 to 24.3 per cent in 2016. Also, the extreme poverty fell from 34.3 per cent...
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Winds of change - 2017
Every year carries its own uniqueness claims, some that descent with a roar, others pass by silently yet still making an assertive presence. Yet others persist softly but promise a noisier ending. Motivated by this last category, at least four issues predict a future bang: Prince Charles ascending the English...
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The idiom needs to change
It's being described as 'neoliberalism' to prevent the sheer embarrassment of retreating with tails between legs and owning up. Full-circle it has run from protectionism to opening up markets to free-market economies and now back to the old ways. Except, perhaps the new element of might is right. How else...
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Complacency will be tested in 2018
After years of post-crisis despair, the broad consensus of forecasters is now quite upbeat about prospects for the global economy in 2018. World gross domestic product (GDP) growth is viewed as increasingly strong, synchronous, and inflation-free. Exuberant financial markets could hardly ask for more.While I have great respect for the...
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