by Eshrat Sharmin | Mar 5, 2023 | Infrastructure and Investment, Institutions and Political Economy
Bangladesh has consistently shown moderate performance in debt servicing with the external debt-to-GDP ratio hovering at around 11%. According to the Bangladesh Bank, the total external debt of the country stood at around $95.85 billion at the end of June 2022....
by Sayema Haque Bidisha | Mar 5, 2023 | Infrastructure and Investment
One significant dimension that has emerged in Bangladesh in recent decades is the expansion of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The growth of SMEs, especially in the last one decade, has been quite astonishing. From the mid-1980s, the number of SMEs has increased...
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 | Dec 15, 2022 | Infrastructure and Investment, Macroeconomy and Economic Growth
In light of the recent debt crisis in Sri Lanka, there is a growing discussion on the funding of development projects. In the context of foreign financing, if one concern is that of debt burden, the other is related to the inefficiency in managing foreign funds. In...
by Samantha Rahman | Nov 24, 2022 | Agriculture and Rural Economy, Infrastructure and Investment
Even before the pandemic, CFOs of small businesses struggled to get the insights they needed to manage their finances effectively. Even though banks are willing to help, they are facing an increasing number of complex cases of SME clients. It can be stated that...
by Selim Raihan | Nov 18, 2018 | Infrastructure and Investment, Macroeconomy and Economic Growth
The importance of investment in economic growth is well acknowledged both in theory and empirical literature. No country has been able to accelerate economic growth without significantly increasing the investment-GDP ratio. However, there are disagreements among...
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