The newly elected government proposed its first budget on 11 June 2009 with a view to support a trajectory of moderate growth, reduced poverty through employment generation and expansion of safety nets, low price level and tackle the impact of the global financial crisis. The Centre for Policy...

Over the first six months of the current fiscal year, almost all the major targets set for FY2007-08 by the current Caretaker Government (CTG) came under serious test. Two successive floods, cyclone Sidr, global market situation, domestic inflation and the consequent impact on investment and...