Universal education: Mustering political will to act

On the surface, mass illiteracy seems like an evil that should be easy to eradicate. Achieving that goal requires neither a technological breakthrough nor a scientific discovery. With funding for good teachers and schools, we can provide an education for all children. We need only muster the political will to...

Planning for innovation: Role of IPRs

Upon graduation from the least developed country status, Bangladesh aspires to be a middle-income country in near future. Thanks to abundant low skilled labour helping Bangladesh to sustain above 6 per cent growth for almost two decades. Due to the growing availability of labour substituting technologies and virtually full employment...