The commemoration of the Bangabandhu centenary year and the celebrations centred-around Bangladesh's 50 years as an independent nation state will be reaching their conclusion at the end of the calendar year, 2021. My Bangabandhu centenary lecture is, thus, appropriately sited as a presentation at t

Economic transitions rarely take place at any particular point. One exception to the rule, however, is August 15, 1975. It was a turning point for the Bangladesh economy. Since then the economy was set on a different path altogether. Not going into the merits or demerits of what was the appropriate

As we moved into the 21st century a new more sustainable set of opportunities for the Third World to construct a more just and balanced global economic order has presented itself. The onward thrust of globalisation has led to transformative changes in global comparative advantage. In a wide range o