Reports indicate that the government is drafting a new policy with a stronger push to reduce reliance on imported inputs and develop backward linkage industries, aiming for increasing value addition-at least by 50 per cent by 2029. Furthermore, if an exporter fails to meet this requirement, they wi

It is intriguing that major global lenders view infrastructure investment as a powerful pathway to accelerate Bangladesh's economic prosperity. Large-scale financing for transport, energy, ports, and urban development can unlock productivity, improve connectivity, and stimulate private sector activ

There is growing recognition that Bangladesh's energy crisis may ease in the short term, but a lasting solution demands a decisive transition to renewable energy. As reported in the media, the government's target of generating 10,000 megawatts from renewables by 2030-requiring an estimated USD 9.36

Rising nonperforming loans-projected to reach nearly Tk 6.5 trillion by the end of 2025-alongside widespread graft allegations, growing debt burden, decreasing local value addition and other warning signs suggest that Bangladesh's economy is increasingly burdened by entrenched rent-seeking behaviou

Upon reaching six to eight per cent growth through a labour-based industrial economy, less-developed countries and their advisers often extrapolate past successes to predict high-income status in the near future. Unfortunately, this outcome rarely materialises. Instead, after investing in infrast

Although debt-driven infrastructure development through giving contracts to foreign firms, expansion of exports through incentives, growth of domestic firms through protection, and alleged cronyism have increased Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP), there have been questions about sustainabil

The importance of startups for driving economic growth cannot be overemphasised. The underlying force of the rise of Western Europe and the USA to high-income status has been the startup. In fact, without the role of startups, no natural resource-poor economy can reach a high-income level. Startups

A country's investment climate (IC) refers to the socio-economic and political landscape affecting the investment outcome. Another related factor affecting technology investment is the health status of the innovation ecosystem. The objective of the discourse about investment climate and innovation