Abdullah Shibli

In the coming months, the world economy will go through a period of gusty weather. A key indicator of global financial well-being is

At the forthcoming Climate Change summit in Paris, two parallel threads of conversations will take place in different conference rooms:

In these times of interconnected economies, China's recent economic troubles seem to be the last straw that broke the camel's back. First of all, less growth in China spells trouble for its trading partners. But there is another worrisome development for ROW. China, after years of goading from IMF and US economists, is undertaking a policy shift in an attempt to change its economic growth paradigm.

Two recent op-ed articles on the pages of The Daily Star caught my attention. The first one was written by architect and planner Adnan

There is a saying, “If it ain't broke, don't fix it!” Do we as a nation suffer from the same mindset? I am talking about the total dependence of the country on one group of commodities for its exports. Over the last two decades, we have successfully realigned our

During the 1992 presidential campaign in the USA, candidate Bill Clinton's campaign adopted a very powerful short message to convey to the party faithfuls and voters that the poor performance of the US economy should be the centerpiece of any conversation to unseat the incumbent President George Bush.

Financing of the efforts to mitigate the climate-change effects and provide resources to the affected countries is an important element of the next international agreement. Progress on commitment of resources to fund climate projects has been, as expected, sluggish.

In a historical referendum on July 5, 2015, the Greek voters overwhelmingly sided with the current government in its debt negotiations with its European partners.

Areas where further progress was needed are labour organisation in EPZ, negative publicity regarding harassment of NGOs and labour unions, and lack of data and transparency on factory inspections.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) treaty currently under negotiation could potentially affect Bangladesh's economy in the near future, although at this point it is not clear how large the impact might be since many of the details are still under wrap.

Ajanta has not seen her mother in ten years. During her last visit to Dhaka, Amma had suggested that Ajanta should consider getting married again.

In order to reduce inequality in Bangladesh, much more needs to be done to improve access to employment, health and education for the bottom half of the population.

A recent headline in The Daily Star announced that the inflation rate in Bangladesh rose by 0.13 percent in March as compared to

A global currency war is going on without much fanfare or a formal declaration of war. All major economies, including the Eurozone,

Most people, including his close associates, don't see Syed Mujtaba Ali as a rebel. He had all the traits of a regular guy: a family, love for his siblings, dedication to parents, and commitment to one's roots.

CAN we really banish poverty in Bangladesh by the year 2030? I do not question the loftiness of the goal of eradicating poverty or the sincerity of policy makers and the economists. However, what gives me reasons for concern is the lack of evidence on the efficacy of various anti-poverty programmes, and the limited amount of time left to meet the target, i.e., only fifteen years remaining. Complicating the scenario is the evidence from research that the mainstay of our economic programmes to eradicate poverty in the last two decades, viz., employment generation in the garments sector and microcredit expansion, may not deliver the goods for those who live in poverty.