25th anniversary special part-4

25th anniversary special part-4

Silver jubilee special / Addressing poverty, inequality and climate change

The outcome document of Rio+20 conference held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012, 20 years after the Earth Summit was held

9y ago

Silver jubilee special / Food security prospects

Bangladesh has made substantial progress in enhancing food security by increasing production of food grains, particularly rice and by

9y ago

Silver jubilee special / The dark horse, not the black sheep

Sustainable development goal 2, is a call to action for leaders in agriculture. As a green nation, Bangladesh has no reason, or excuse,

9y ago

Silver jubilee special / Nutritional security through bio-fortified zinc rice

Bangladesh agriculture has contributed to achieving food self sufficiency through production of about 38 million tons of food grain.

9y ago

Silver jubilee special / Food security: It's not only about production

Food security exists when all people, at all times, have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to maintain healthy and

9y ago

Women's economic empowerment to reduce violence

Although women constitute half of Bangladesh's population of approximately 160 million, unfortunately they are not as empowered as their male counterparts.

9y ago

Liberty and equality in education, health and wealth

Marie Antoinette famously asked the French poor to “eat cake” if bread was not available. Social disparities leading to a famine caused by rising bread prices, had hit the poor poorly. On 5th October 1789 women, unable to feed their families and outraged by the chronic shortage of bread, converged in the market place of Paris

9y ago

Emerging women SME entrepreneurs

It is heartening to note that despite many barriers, a new women's entrepreneur class in the Small and Medium sector has developed in the country taking on the challenge to work in a male-dominated, competitive and complex economic and business environment. It has been found that at present women entrepreneurs

9y ago

Emerging women SME entrepreneurs

It is heartening to note that despite many barriers, a new women's entrepreneur class in the Small and Medium sector has developed in the country taking on the challenge to work in a male-dominated, competitive and complex economic and business environment. It has been found that at present women entrepreneurs

9y ago

Liberty and equality in education, health and wealth

Marie Antoinette famously asked the French poor to “eat cake” if bread was not available. Social disparities leading to a famine caused by rising bread prices, had hit the poor poorly. On 5th October 1789 women, unable to feed their families and outraged by the chronic shortage of bread, converged in the market place of Paris

9y ago

Women's economic empowerment to reduce violence

Although women constitute half of Bangladesh's population of approximately 160 million, unfortunately they are not as empowered as their male counterparts.

9y ago

Food security: It's not only about production

Food security exists when all people, at all times, have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to maintain healthy and

9y ago

Nutritional security through bio-fortified zinc rice

Bangladesh agriculture has contributed to achieving food self sufficiency through production of about 38 million tons of food grain.

9y ago

The dark horse, not the black sheep

Sustainable development goal 2, is a call to action for leaders in agriculture. As a green nation, Bangladesh has no reason, or excuse,

9y ago

Editor's Note

This is the fourth instalment of The Daily Star's silver jubilee special supplements themed On High Road to Progress. This part, titled, Climate, Women and Sustainable Development, contains articles under the following sub-sections: Climate and Agriculture; Women; and Sustainable Development.

9y ago

Food security prospects

Bangladesh has made substantial progress in enhancing food security by increasing production of food grains, particularly rice and by

9y ago

Political economy of climate finance

As the implications of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change of 2015 become clear, financing of actions to tackle climate change on both the global and national level in every country will play a key role. These will, in turn, be influenced largely by the global and national political economy. In this article, I will try to give some personal insight on the matter of the political economy in which future climate change finance is likely to play out. This will include the main institutions involved, main drivers of change and where things are going.

9y ago

Addressing poverty, inequality and climate change

The outcome document of Rio+20 conference held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012, 20 years after the Earth Summit was held

9y ago