UNB, Dhaka :
Speakers at a city conference yesterday stressed on the urgency for coming together in order to frame a better future for the country.
Speaking at the 6th annual TEDxDhaka conference, 12 experts in their respective fields were invited to speak about ideas and concepts which could bring about an inclusive and sustainable future.
The theme for this year’s conference was “Rendering Tomorrow”.
TEDxDhaka is an ‘independently organized TED event’ in Dhaka, organized by a group of TEDsters and TED enthusiasts. TEDxDhaka is organized under the license and guidance of the TED Conferences LLC, New York, USA.
They were divided into four segments, which included “The People’s Tomorrow”, “Climate Change is Now”, “The Demography” and “Self-reflection”.
The first segment included Faisal Ahmed, chief economist at Bangladesh Bank, Hildegarde Thyberghien, deputy country director of Action against Hunger and Mehedi Haque, executive editor of satire magazine UNMAD.
Faisal Ahmed opined how Bangladesh can build on their economic success story by leveraging on labour-intensive initiatives and increasing manufacturing growth.
Pointing out that Bangladesh is no more a ‘bottomless basket’ and is widely considered as the ‘Silicon Valley’ for social innovations, he referred to how the country had developed from being the second poorest nation right after Independence to a success story in multiple social and economic indicators.
“If you look at our savings rate or GDP density rate among other Southeast Asian countries, we are ranked higher than many of our neighbouring countries”, he said, “Our progress in poverty alleviation, microfinance and women empowerment are no mean feats”.
He urged capitalising on the country’s demographic dividend by increasing labour-intensive and manufacturing growth to reap benefits from China’s repositioning in the labour market.
Hildegarde Thyberghien shed light on her recent experience about the ongoing Rohingya influx in Bangladesh and how it can help Bangladesh to deal with future humanitarian crises.
“As Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had said, it is a large-scale unprecedented crisis”, she said.
She urged on helping the Rohingyas to retain their dignity amidst the crisis, ensuring that their self-reliability will not be compromised.
Speakers at a city conference yesterday stressed on the urgency for coming together in order to frame a better future for the country.
Speaking at the 6th annual TEDxDhaka conference, 12 experts in their respective fields were invited to speak about ideas and concepts which could bring about an inclusive and sustainable future.
The theme for this year’s conference was “Rendering Tomorrow”.
TEDxDhaka is an ‘independently organized TED event’ in Dhaka, organized by a group of TEDsters and TED enthusiasts. TEDxDhaka is organized under the license and guidance of the TED Conferences LLC, New York, USA.
They were divided into four segments, which included “The People’s Tomorrow”, “Climate Change is Now”, “The Demography” and “Self-reflection”.
The first segment included Faisal Ahmed, chief economist at Bangladesh Bank, Hildegarde Thyberghien, deputy country director of Action against Hunger and Mehedi Haque, executive editor of satire magazine UNMAD.
Faisal Ahmed opined how Bangladesh can build on their economic success story by leveraging on labour-intensive initiatives and increasing manufacturing growth.
Pointing out that Bangladesh is no more a ‘bottomless basket’ and is widely considered as the ‘Silicon Valley’ for social innovations, he referred to how the country had developed from being the second poorest nation right after Independence to a success story in multiple social and economic indicators.
“If you look at our savings rate or GDP density rate among other Southeast Asian countries, we are ranked higher than many of our neighbouring countries”, he said, “Our progress in poverty alleviation, microfinance and women empowerment are no mean feats”.
He urged capitalising on the country’s demographic dividend by increasing labour-intensive and manufacturing growth to reap benefits from China’s repositioning in the labour market.
Hildegarde Thyberghien shed light on her recent experience about the ongoing Rohingya influx in Bangladesh and how it can help Bangladesh to deal with future humanitarian crises.
“As Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had said, it is a large-scale unprecedented crisis”, she said.
She urged on helping the Rohingyas to retain their dignity amidst the crisis, ensuring that their self-reliability will not be compromised.
