Economic Reporter :
Speakers at a discussion in the city on Saturday underscored the need for eco-friendly development policies to meet the challenges of climate change impacts to attain sustainable development.
“We would have to put much emphasis on climate change impacts in making development policies as our country is geographically disaster prone,” South Asian Network for Economic Modeling (SANEM) Executive Director Dr Selim Raihan told the roundtable discussion.
He was presenting a keynote paper at the roundtable discussion organized by SANEM at a hotel at Banani.
The keynote paper titled “Looking Beyond LDC Graduation” was jointly prepared by Dr. Raihan and SANEM Senior Research Associates Iffat Anjum and Sunera Saba Khan.
Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI) Chief Executive Director Ali Ahmed, Commerce Ministry’s WTO Cell Director General Md Munir Chowdhury, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Consultant Dr Mohiuddin Alamgir, Policy Research Institute (PRI) Vice-Chairman Dr Sadiq Ahmed, Dhaka University Development Studies Department Chairman Professor M Abu Eusuf, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Research Director Dr Khondakar Golam Moazzem, Dhaka University Economics Department Professor Rumana Huque, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Senior Research Fellow Dr Nazneen Ahmed, SANEM Research Director Dr Sayema Haque Bidisha and PRI Research Director Dr MA Razzaque, among others, addressed it.
The keynote paper said the country’s graduation from LDC (Least Developed Countries) status has improved the country’s image in the global arena and it will facilitate Bangladesh to attract larger foreign direct investment (FDI).
But the graduation will have a few major challenges, including loss of trade preference in the markets of European Union, Canada, Australia, Japan, India and China in 2027, it said, adding subsidies and cut in tariff will no longer be available after 2027 as per WTO provisions.
Investment in private sector remains sluggish in the country, the keynote paper said and suggested promoting investment in private sector to boost the economy further.
In his address, Ali Ahmed underscored the need for ensuring quality education for the new generation to cope with the ever changing world.
Without providing standard education to the new generation, sustainable development will not be possible, he added.
Speakers at a discussion in the city on Saturday underscored the need for eco-friendly development policies to meet the challenges of climate change impacts to attain sustainable development.
“We would have to put much emphasis on climate change impacts in making development policies as our country is geographically disaster prone,” South Asian Network for Economic Modeling (SANEM) Executive Director Dr Selim Raihan told the roundtable discussion.
He was presenting a keynote paper at the roundtable discussion organized by SANEM at a hotel at Banani.
The keynote paper titled “Looking Beyond LDC Graduation” was jointly prepared by Dr. Raihan and SANEM Senior Research Associates Iffat Anjum and Sunera Saba Khan.
Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI) Chief Executive Director Ali Ahmed, Commerce Ministry’s WTO Cell Director General Md Munir Chowdhury, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Consultant Dr Mohiuddin Alamgir, Policy Research Institute (PRI) Vice-Chairman Dr Sadiq Ahmed, Dhaka University Development Studies Department Chairman Professor M Abu Eusuf, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Research Director Dr Khondakar Golam Moazzem, Dhaka University Economics Department Professor Rumana Huque, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Senior Research Fellow Dr Nazneen Ahmed, SANEM Research Director Dr Sayema Haque Bidisha and PRI Research Director Dr MA Razzaque, among others, addressed it.
The keynote paper said the country’s graduation from LDC (Least Developed Countries) status has improved the country’s image in the global arena and it will facilitate Bangladesh to attract larger foreign direct investment (FDI).
But the graduation will have a few major challenges, including loss of trade preference in the markets of European Union, Canada, Australia, Japan, India and China in 2027, it said, adding subsidies and cut in tariff will no longer be available after 2027 as per WTO provisions.
Investment in private sector remains sluggish in the country, the keynote paper said and suggested promoting investment in private sector to boost the economy further.
In his address, Ali Ahmed underscored the need for ensuring quality education for the new generation to cope with the ever changing world.
Without providing standard education to the new generation, sustainable development will not be possible, he added.
