
Dr Barkat-e-Khuda
Dr Barkat-e-Khuda is a former professor and chairman of Department of Economics at the University of Dhaka. He can be reached at [email protected].
Dr Barkat-e-Khuda is a former professor and chairman of Department of Economics at the University of Dhaka. He can be reached at [email protected].
The dividend is not automatic—it requires a healthy, educated, and productively employed workforce.
South Asia’s double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases
Investment in the health sector must unquestionably be enhanced with the objective of major overhauling.
The population size will likely stabilise at around 240-250 million, if fertility can be brought down soon to below replacement level.
The growth in Bangladesh's share of employment in industry is below the growth of other Asian economies at similar stages.
Addressing key bottlenecks is essential to fully utilise our labour force.
On the occasion of the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence and the 100th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented economic loss, which was more severe in the first half of 2020 than was earlier anticipated.
The dividend is not automatic—it requires a healthy, educated, and productively employed workforce.
South Asia’s double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases
Investment in the health sector must unquestionably be enhanced with the objective of major overhauling.
The population size will likely stabilise at around 240-250 million, if fertility can be brought down soon to below replacement level.
The growth in Bangladesh's share of employment in industry is below the growth of other Asian economies at similar stages.
Addressing key bottlenecks is essential to fully utilise our labour force.
On the occasion of the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence and the 100th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented economic loss, which was more severe in the first half of 2020 than was earlier anticipated.
Bangladesh is celebrated as a development success in South Asia and has outperformed many of its neighbours on social development indicators.
Like most countries, Bangladesh is going through an unprecedented crisis following the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of both health and economic outcomes, with increasing number of infected cases and deaths from Covid-19, and severe economic losses in terms of production, exports and remittances, resulting in considerable unemployment, loss of income and rising poverty.