Anis Chowdhury
Anis (Anisuzzaman) Chowdhury, an alumnus of Jahangirnar University and University of Manitoba, is a macro-development economist with close to 100 publications in international journals and two dozen books, including Moulana Bhashani: Leader of the Toiling Masses and Moulana Bhashani: his Creed and Politics. Currently an adjunct professor, he was a professor of economics (2001-2008), Western Sydney University. He served as Director of Economic and Statistics Divisions of UN-ESCAP (Bangkok, 2012-2015) and retired from the UN Headquarters (New York) in 2016 after serving as Chief in the Financing for Development Office. He regularly writes opinion pieces on global socio-economic-political issues. He serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals.
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Volume 1, Issue 2
Bangladesh enigma: Corruption, elite stake and progress
Courtesy: The Business Standard, “Bangladesh drops a notch on corruption index” 25 January, 2022
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Volume 1, Issue 1
Bangladesh: From a basket case to a middle-income country
“Won’t you give some bread to get the starving fed? We’ve got to relieve...
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Volume 2, Issue 2
Note from the Executive Editor
The ailing banking sector has become a major drag on the Bangladesh economy. A...
Volume 2, Issue 2
Bangladesh economy trapped in default loans
Default loans in the banking sector of Bangladesh hit an all-time high of Tk...
Volume 2, Issue 2
Bangladesh’s external debt management: Some emerging concerns
Context and backdrop
A country’s external debts obligations include debts incurred by the government, including...
Volume 2, Issue 2
Golden Bengal: Myth or reality
The National Anthem of Bangladesh, a poem by the Nobel Laureate Poet Rabindranath Tagore,...