Bangladesh in 2025: Economic Challenges and the Road Ahead
As Bangladesh moves into 2025, it faces a new set of economic challenges threatening to slow down its momentum and test its resilience. A combination of global and domestic factors…
WHEN GREEN ENERGY TURNS RED: THE HIDDEN WAR OVER COPPER
The green economy is hungry for copper, and people are stealing, battling, and dying to supply it. Copper has caused more devastation than any other metal, with the potential exception…
Agricultural Renaissance: The Role of Startups in Bangladesh’s Agricultural Evolution
Agriculture has long been a defining pillar of Bangladesh’s economy, shaping its identity and sustaining millions of livelihoods. At the time of independence, agriculture was a dominant contributor to the…
Vietnam’s Economic Success Story: An In-Depth Analysis
Education and Reforms: The Twin Engines of Vietnam’s Growth Vietnam’s economic rise from a war-torn nation to a thriving middle-income economy is a testament to deliberate policy reforms, global trade…
IT’S BASIC TRUMPONOMICS: HOW WILL TRUMP’S AMERICA SHIFT WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC POLICIES?
Donald Trump's return to the White House, along with a Republican-controlled Congress, might result in significant alterations in global growth. This time, Trump has less political restraints. During his previous…
Middle-Income Trap: Lessons and Strategies for Bangladesh
Bangladesh, once a bottomless basket case, has emerged as a remarkable success story in recent decades. Since gaining independence in 1971, Bangladesh has had strong economic growth and a decline…
Nobel Prize in Economics 2024: Insights and Critiques
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to three distinguished economists, Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson, and Simon Johnson, whose research has fundamentally transformed our understanding of why some…
Inequality in Focus: What Capitalism Has Done Right—and Wrong
The debate over global inequality often centres on the perceived advantages and disadvantages of capitalism. Critics frequently highlight capitalism’s role in creating and perpetuating wealth gaps within nations, but this…
From Emissions to Innovation: How Startups Are Tackling Carbon Recycling
With the ever-increasing impacts of climate change, reducing carbon emissions has become one of the most urgent global agendas. Human-induced activities have led to rising global temperatures, contributing to environmental…
COP29’s Climate Finance Fiasco: Can Carbon Markets Save the Paris Agreement?
The 29th UN Climate Conference (COP29) ended with an atrociously inadequate new climate finance goal of $300 billion, after wealthy nations refused to pay up in accordance with their legal…
Inclusive Prosperity on a Planet in Peril
The recent World Bank report on poverty, prosperity, and planet lays out an ambitious plan for governments worldwide to work together on eradicating poverty. The goal is to foster inclusive…
Empowering women, Enriching Nations: The promise of Womenomics in Bangladesh
The term “Womenomics,” coined by Kathy Matsui, highlights the idea that empowering women economically is not just a moral imperative but a smart strategy for overall economic development. This policy…
Monetising Creativity: Strategies for Brands and Influencers in the Creator Economy
The creator economy has undoubtedly been one of the most impactful phenomena centred on rationalising modernist ambitions. While the phenomenon relies on Creators, Followers, and Tools aiming to funnel loyalty…
Debt Dilemma: Can New IMF Policies Save the Poorest Nations?
At the recent spring meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in Washington, DC, optimism cloaked the underlying crisis. Policymakers mingled and discussed as if the worst debt crisis…
Carbon Commerce: Bangladesh’s Hidden Asset in the Climate Economy
Changes in the Earth’s climate and the impact of human intervention that has driven this outcome are undeniable. Since the Industrial Revolution, the average yearly temperature has risen by little…