Any effort at halting inequality and reversing the trend has to start from a political commitment, an understanding of the factors at work, and adoption of necessary measures to attain the goals.
Proposed Bangladesh national budget 2023-24: Instead of addressing our biggest economic challenges – corruption, for example – the budget, over the years, has become a tool to further extend benefits to wealthy and politically connected groups. And this budget is no different. It fails to ensure better utilisation of government subsidies, most of which ends up in the pockets
When the national budget fails to give due recognition to the needs and priorities of a vital sector such as education, is it the failure of the Minister of Finance, who presents the budget on behalf of the government?
IMF loan conditions and Bangladesh's new monetary policy: The IMF loan is not large. It may be able to finance three months’ import costs. This loan will not help us survive, but the prestige of getting an IMF loan will lead to us being able to acquire more US dollars from other sources. This may help in mitigating the dollar crisis that looms if our exports don’t go up and if