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Economics Needs a Climate Revolution
With its fixation on equilibrium thinking and an exclusive focus on market factors that can be precisely measured, the neoclassical orthodoxy in economics is fundamentally unequipped…
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We’re Not Ready for Another Pandemic
The next big plague is coming, and despite making progress on pandemic preparedness, the U.S. might still suffer mass casualties. Here’s why. Ominous pathogens seem to…
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Bangladesh’s LDC Graduation and The Challenges Ahead
Graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) group to developing country status is a milestone in our development journey, and it will certainly improve Bangladesh's image…
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How Do We Tackle This New Onslaught of The Coronavirus?
The infection rate and deaths from the coronavirus have been increasing after the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. On June 26 the infection rate was 22.50 percent (with 4,334…
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Small and Medium Enterprises: An Overview of Covid-19 and Stimulus Packages
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of a nation, providing a multidimensional contribution to the socioeconomic environment of a country. Due to the broad…
Analysis
Inequality in the Time of Covid-19
The severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is clearly seen in the numbers: more than 3.1 million deaths and rising, 120 million people pushed into extreme…
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Beijing Wants A ‘Loyal Opposition’ for Hong Kong – A New Role, or A Trap for the Democratic Party?
Under the new blunderbuss approach, virtually all the democrats’ most popular candidates are in jail, writes Suzanne Pepper. After a crackdown which was decades in the…
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Does Modi’s Meeting with Jammu and Kashmir Parties Signal a Thaw or a Trap?
Beyond the atmospherics, there appears to have been little to welcome. The prime minister stressed the urgency of completing the delimitation exercise and holding elections but…
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First World/Third World and Other Binaries: How We Talk About the World Matters
What underpins all these ways of compartmentalising the world is the assumption that the European and North American models of development are the end-goal for all…
Analysis
Global Herd Immunity Remains Out of Reach Because of Inequitable Vaccine Distribution – 99% of People in Poor Countries are Unvaccinated
In the race between infection and injection, injection has lost. Public health experts estimate that approximately 70% of the world’s 7.9 billion people must be fully…
Analysis
Nepal is in Disarray. Its Foreign Policy Doesn’t Need to Be
Foreign policy cannot serve individual interests. In Nepal, unfortunately, this is the norm. One of the questions that ails ordinary Nepalis and former prime ministers alike…
Analysis
Webinar on Is Bangladesh Heading towards a Divergent Recovery?
Is Bangladesh Heading towards a Divergent Recovery? During an online discussion panel held on 25th June, Planning Minister M.A. Mannan MP stated that the government is…