This study is inspired by the current debate on whether central banks, especially in the developing world, should pursue a single mandate or dual/multiple mandates. It examines the Bangladesh Bank’s (BB) aspiration to adopt a multiple mandates approach. These include, besides the objective of...

Investigates how macroeconomic shocks and policies for agricultural performance have affected living standards, especially in agriculture.

Critically reviews the macroeconomic experiences of the past three decades to argue the case against orthodox macroeconomics. Suggests that the prevailing orthodoxy in macroeconomics needs to give way to an alternative policy paradigm in which the Copenhagen commitment on full employment,...

Fait le point sur les actions entreprises par les syndicats en matière de politique monétaire et fiscale et sur les changements qu'ils ont pu obtenir.