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81. The Role of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Development

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role for development. Germany is a role model for SMEs. This is due to several important factors: Germany’s local banking system, which is…

82. The Women’s Movement in Bangladesh: A Short History and Current Debates

Since independence, Bangladesh has made significant gains in empowering women. It has formulated and implemented policies and programmes that improve the condition of women and girls. Maternal…

83. Who benefits from trade?

The changing nature of international trade, dominated by global value chains, has led to downward pressure on working conditions. Fundamental rights at work, such as the right to organise and bargain…

84. The Political Economy of Change

Escaping the Middle-income Trap: Perspectives from Bangladesh. Development experiences of a number of countries bear out that these countries are not being able to come out of the middle-income…

85. Moving forward with the SDGs

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reflect an ambitious development objective with a transformative vision. The new development agenda makes for a holistic developmental framework. Experts are…

86. After Rana Plaza: Bottom Up Not Top Down To Ensure Workers Safety

The Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013 made global news. The accident also raised major concerns about the working conditions in Bangladesh’s garment industry and questions about…

87. The Economy of Tomorrow

The Economy of Tomorrow Project aims at constructing a new development path and enable the formation of “discoursive coalitions” in order to build momentum and power for its implementation. The…

88. Lagging Behind

FES published "Lagging Behind: Lessons from the Least Developed Countries for a Development Agenda Post-2015," based on the CPD study titled “Attaining the MDGs: How Successful are the LDCs?” The…

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Geopolitics of the Pandemic: The Bangladesh Scene

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COVID-19 & Geopolitics: Marc Saxer discussion in Tritiyo Matra

Recently, Head of FES Asia Department Marc Saxer along with Professor Ali Riaz joined together on the television talk show Tritiyo Matra for a constructive discussion on how COVID-19 is reshaping the…