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How to Reduce COVID-19’s Unequal Effects Across Workers
Lower-skilled and young workers were among the hardest hit from the pandemic, suffering job losses in record numbers last year. Some of those jobs may never…
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Budget FY2022 Addresses Pandemic Priorities Only Partially
In the year of Bangladesh's golden jubilee, the finance minister has presented the 50th budget of Bangladesh for fiscal year (FY) 2022. This is probably the…
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One Year Into the Pandemic: What Lessons Have We Learnt?
As I settle down to pen this write-up, the incessant calls and messages on my phone serve as a poignant reminder of how our lives have…
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Glimpses From Our National Budget History
Being engaged in appraising the national budgets in Bangladesh for more than three decades has given me the opportunity to observe its evolution over the period.…
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Road to Recovery
Tackling this issue will require extra focus on revenue mobilization, public finances, and debt management In the pandemic’s aftermath, unlike many countries Bangladesh will have to…
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Human Development in Bangladesh: What Do the Statistics Tell Us?
This year, Bangladesh marks the Golden Jubilee of its independence. The whole nation is celebrating this milestone with joy and pride. In 1971, Bangladesh emerged like…
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Lessons From Pakistan: How to Win Friends, Influence Allies, then Squander It All
In the 1950s, the country’s prospects seemed much better than many nations in East Asia and the Middle East. By neglecting economic development, letting magnificent obsessions…
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Changing Pandemic Politics
In the past hundred years, two particularly deadly pandemics plagued America. Comparing them offers some important lessons about our changed politics. Though it may have started…
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This has been the Worst Year of Narendra Modi’s Political Career
This has turned out to be the year in which Narendra Modi ran out of luck and leadership. Could this be the reason why the second…
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How COVID is Changing the Study of Human Behaviour
The pandemic is teaching us key lessons about crisis, communication and misinformation, and is spurring changes in the way scientists study public-health questions. During the early…
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Time for West to Fund Myanmar Civil Disobedience
Besides delaying recognition of the National Unity Government, Western nations are failing to support grassroots resistance Appeals reverberate these days through Asia’s media landscape: “Recognize Myanmar’s…
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The Israeli Lie About Gaza
“Israel has withdrawn from Gaza completely,” is the hasbara slogan that Labor Party chairwoman Merav Michaeli chose to sell to the world in one of the…
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A Global Accord for Sustainable Finance
With national climate commitments and a renewal of multilateralism both gaining momentum, there is a unique opportunity to forge a global consensus on issues such as…
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One Pandemic, Many Casualties
Some governments have responded with courage and efficiency to the pandemic, while others, like the Indian government, have collapsed. The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic…
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Gaza Rockets Give Netanyahu A Political Bounce
Israeli leader was reeling before the outbreak of violence but the flash conflict has arguably strengthened his hand Despite conspiratorial claims to the contrary, long-serving Israeli…
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Our First Line of Defense
The Sundarbans protects us from all kind of disasters. But for how long? The aftermaths of cyclones Sidr, Aila, Amphan, and many other extreme events, storm…