This study has attempted to assess the impact of the monsoon flood in 2020 from various dimensions, including an assessment of the pre- and post-flood management by the government, along with a set of policy recommendations to improve the government’s future flood management efforts and initiatives.
This policy brief focuses on the effectiveness of the delivery of five selected SSNPs in Bangladesh. These include maternity allowance, primary and secondary school stipend programmes (PESP and SESP, respectively), employment generation programme for the poorest (EGPP), and old-age allowance.
The national budget for the fiscal year 2020-2021 (FY2021) is regarded as one of the most challenging Financial Bills since the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971. The National Parliament passed the Bill on 30 June, 2020 which will be effective till the next one year – 1 July, 2020 to 30 June, 2021. The implementation of the new budget will be difficult due to the squeezed fiscal space in view of COVID-19.
This policy brief outlines a guideline to overcome the conceptual, methodological and data challenges for accounting women’s unpaid work following the System of National Accounts through the household satellite accounts approach.
The 7th Anniversary of Rana Plaza tragedy (24 April 2020) was observed in a completely different context in Bangladesh – particularly with regard to the world of work. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the shutdown of all kinds of economic activities in the country since late March 2020 which severely affected businesses
Since many of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are not only interconnected, but also transnational, the countries of South Asia need to cooperate within themselves in order to realise the ambition of the 2030 Agenda.
Effective beneficiary targeting has been a weakness of safety net programmes in Bangladesh. Universal social protection resolves the problem of beneficiary targeting by simply including all relevant individuals under the aegis of social protection.
In the context of the COVID-19 crisis, the Bangladesh economy is facing major challenges in exports, remittance, foreign direct investment, and balance of payment. The actual performance of the economy, in terms of public expenditure and domestic resource mobilisation, is lower than the targets for the first half of fiscal year 2020.
Young population is the most important resource that can contribute to accelerated economic and social development of a country. If engaged in economic activities of the country in a well-coordinated manner, they can be a formidable force in taking the country forward.
For nearly four decades, export processing zones (EPZs) have made significant contribution in the Bangladesh economy in terms of accelerating production and investment, generating employment opportunities and ensuring the inward flow of foreign exchange.
