America's inflation risks - domestic and global ramifications
It was inevitable. Another upturn in the US inflation cycle is at hand. Since the Great Disinflation of the early 1980s, when the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) plunged from 14.7 per cent in March 1980 to 2.4 per cent in July 1983, inflation has generally remained...
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Livelihood issues: Favourable and unfavourable ecosystems
Like any other country of the world, Bangladesh features both favourable and unfavourable ecosystems. The unfavourable or the fragile ecosystems occupy a substantial proportion of land and population in Bangladesh. For example, the flood-prone ecosystem accounts for roughly one-third of the population as well as land area. The saline coast...
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No place for 'dirty energy' in ADB's climate vision
Only weeks ago, the world's leading climate scientists warned that 2?C of global warming would have even worse impacts than anticipated. The report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change called for a more rapid de-carbonisation of the global economy to limit warming to 1.5?. Greenhouse gas emissions will not...
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