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The G7 Ends Without A Planned Coal Phase-Out or Any Sense of Climate Justice
In the lead up to the weekend’s G7 meeting, many climate watchers were excited that for the first time, “climate justice is on the agenda”. Unfortunately,…
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The Benefits of Bottom-Up Entrepreneurship
Bangladesh’s virtuous cycle of technology-aided development stems from decades of sustained state-NGO collaboration, combined with an emphasis on grassroots initiatives to empower female entrepreneurs. This model…
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The Paradoxes of the Bangladesh Miracle
After emerging poor and devastated from its independence struggle 50 years ago, Bangladesh has managed to become a global paragon of economic development. While the country's…
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What to Expect From the Biden-Putin Summit in Geneva
The two leaders have much to discuss. Just don’t hold your breath for a breakthrough. On Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden will meet his Russian counterpart,…
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Can the G-7’s ‘Cornwall Consensus’ Give New Direction to Globalisation?
There is great expectation that the G-7 summit at Cornwall will endorse something like a “Cornwall consensus” to displace the “Washington consensus.” The summit is of…
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As More climate migrants cross borders seeking refuge, laws will need to adapt
Climate change is upending people’s lives around the world, but when droughts, floods or sea level rise force them to leave their countries, people often find…
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Luxury and Hunger: Two Faces of an Unequal Pandemic
Emerging economies have historically tolerated higher inequality, hoping to hit the inflection point in the Kuznets curve, beyond which incomes keep rising but disparities fall Mercedes-Benz…
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‘Finding Those Who Launder Money isn’t a Difficult Task’
Previously, sending money overseas used to take place under-invoicing of exports and invoicing of imports. But now the hundi method has gained more popularity Every year,…
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Current Vaccine Proposals are Not Enough to End the Pandemic
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently called for an accelerated global effort to distribute vaccines to end the COVID-19 pandemic. That step is most welcome…
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Bangladesh’s Unplanned Relocation of Rohingya Refugees to Bhasan Char Island is Risky
But the international community should do much more to ensure that the refugees can safely return to Myanmar. In late May, thousands of Rohingya refugees whom…
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G7 is more united but not effective enough to tackle the world’s biggest problems
When the UK hosts the G7 summit in Cornwall between June 10 and 12, it will be the first intergovernmental meeting of the world’s seven wealthiest…
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We Must Focus on Rooting Out Inequalities
Over the past 50 years, Bangladesh has undoubtedly made impressive progress in overall human development as well as on specific human development fronts. Yet, the achievements…
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A Covax Deal is Best for Bangladesh
Despite the tricky politics involved I expect that foreign minister AK Abdul Momen feels frustration at the response by the British government to his plea for…
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A New Legacy of Inequality Behind COVID-19
Not far from downtown Bangkok is the district with the largest number of COVID-19 infections in the latest wave of the pandemic. In April, slum dwellers…
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For Arabs and Muslims, Do Only Palestinian Lives Matter?
In Ankara, Tehran, Damascus and Baghdad, there are mass rallies for Palestine, but no solidarity for Kurdish liberation from occupation, ethnic cleansing and genocide. Rank hypocrisy…
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When the Indian Judiciary Stands Up
The judiciary’s willingness to stand up to the executive has already been welcomed widely. Now the court will be asked when it is going to examine…