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AugBangladesh: Growth Miracle or Mirage?
By Shahid Yusuf Published in center for Global Development on June 16, 2021 Among South Asian economies, Bangladesh is touted as a rising star. In 2019, its per capita income was $1,856—substantially higher than Pakistan’s $1,285 and only $250 less than that of India. In 2020, Bangladesh might have edged […]
Independence and Inter-Dependence
By Javed Jabbar Published in DAWN on August 15, 2021 INDEPENDENCE and Inter-Dependence are co-existential and complementary. The one does not denude the other. The two are also inter-twined. Yet Independence fosters notions of optimal self-will. These notions are real, but self-will has limited scope for practical expression. In contrast,[…]
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Aug“IN THE PRIME OF THEIR LIVES” QATAR’S FAILURE TO INVESTIGATE, REMEDY AND PREVENT MIGRANT WORKERS’ DEATHS
“I could not believe the news… I had talked to him a few hours earlier”Sumi Akter, the wife of 34-year-old Mohammed Suman Miah, who died suddenly after working outside all day in temperatures that reached 38°C. Ever since FIFA awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar in 2010, there have[…]
Facilitating SMEs
Published in DAWN on August 18, 2021 THE new three-year State Bank refinance scheme — SME Asaan Finance — for providing collateral-free bank loans to small and medium enterprises has two objectives. One is to immediately boost the access of labour-intensive SMEs to formal credit and the other is to[…]
