Though the global financial crisis affects the march of globalisation, economists are confident that the world will recover and globalisation will regain its momentum. Globalisation holds opportunities and threats. It offers opportunities for the fittest and threatens the inefficient. It creates...

The economy of Bangladesh is at present going through a transformational phase from that of a least developed country (LDC) towards a developing one. The country is expected to graduate from the LDC bracket by 2024. To achieve the desired status, it has already qualified in all three criteria -...

Skills development for new or migrant workers/professionals may not always be enough. The government should also think about the population that is likely to become unemployed or non-productive due to adoption of newer technologies in different sectors. Use of modern machineries in factories is...

Experts in many countries and development agencies have defined cluster-based on respective reality of economy and industrialization. In Bangladesh, the SME Foundation has for the first time defined cluster in Bangladesh as a geographical location (five square km) having 50 or more manufacturing...