Thus, the surge in remittances is not a natural phenomenon and hoping for it to continue is not likely to be the case. Job cuts are quite frequent in many of the host countries, and as a result, the number of returnees is increasing. In Bangladesh, till December last, around three hundred thousand expatriate workers …
So how did we reach this point where freedom is so fragile? I argue that the problem goes beyond the government and its multimodal efforts of suppressing critics by force, law and through promoting fear. The problem is deeply rooted in the society, and in some sections of the international community; they too are very …
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Norway is known to be one of the most equal countries in the world. Still, even here, we have received reports that the pandemic has pulled gender equality in the wrong direction. Surveys conducted by the Norwegian Gender Equality Centre concluded that the traditional gender role pattern has been strengthened. When a considerable part of …
Many economists, also outside the WTO, warn that the notion that less interdependence makes economies more resilient is wrong: autarky in food and other essentials would make countries more, not less, vulnerable to the economic consequences of localised crises such as droughts, hurricanes and earthquakes. Supply chain diversification, a more reasonable objective, would be better …
It is well over two decades since the global value chain (GVC) has earned the distinctive attribute of being the most influential factor in mapping pathways for countries — rich or poor alike — to not only grow but, more than anything, to survive in the thickly connected globalised world. Now that many people across …
