by Selim Raihan | Apr 30, 2025 | Human Capital Development, Macroeconomy and Economic Growth
The domestic private sector is the pillar of Bangladesh’s economic growth, job generation, and export competitiveness. While the country is graduating from the LDC status in 2026 and targets to be an upper-middle-income country in the future, the development of...
by Shafa Tasneem | Apr 7, 2025 | Human Capital Development
Bangladesh has roughly 15 years left to enjoy its first demographic dividend. But, have we been able to connect all the necessary dots of developing our human capital to harness the benefits of this unique opportunity? According to the Human Capital Index by the World...
by Eshrat Sharmin | Mar 5, 2023 | Human Capital Development
The term “learning loss” refers to any specific or general loss of knowledge and skills or reversals in academic progress. Learning loss occurs usually due to extended gaps or discontinuities in a student’s education. The term has become a buzzword...
by Selim Raihan | Dec 15, 2022 | Human Capital Development, Infrastructure and Investment
Since it boosts individual productivity and produces a trained labour force, education is seen as a crucial road to economic progress. However, in most countries, there are clear examples of market failure when it comes to education since, in a free market, education...
by Sayema Haque Bidisha | Aug 29, 2022 | Human Capital Development
For several reasons, the recently conducted Population and Housing Census 2022 of Bangladesh was of interest to people in different sectors, especially the policymakers and researchers. This is primarily because census data can be a crucial source of information not...
by Selim Raihan | Apr 18, 2019 | Human Capital Development, Macroeconomy and Economic Growth, Migration and Labor Market
Bangladesh’s economic growth and development experience over the past four and half decades, since the Independence in 1971, have generated a lot of interests among the academics and development practitioners both from home and abroad. From an war-torn economy in 1972...
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