This growth story should be driven by urban consumption growth, robust remittances, ultimate recovery in EU demand for garments, infrastructure investment, the search for manufacturing alternatives to China, and geopolitical support from both the US-...

Remittances proved far stronger for some countries in emerging and frontier than others in 2020. Our observations from around 20 emerging and frontier countries where remittance data is available for 2020 are in this report. We have discussed before ...

According to Google’s COVID-19 Community Mobility Report (March 2, 2021), Bangladesh is the only country to have positive growth in mobility trends in all 6 areas - workplace (10%), public transport (24%), supermarket & pharmacy (41%), recreational f...

The ability to renew your passport or driver’s license, pay a tax bill, or access government data with the click of a button or swipe of a screen, anytime and anywhere, has grown more important during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent the spread of th...

However, further out, there are risks to Bangladesh's UN peacekeeping role (an important economic earner for its military) and the allegations may complicate its internal succession (Prime Minister Hasina is 73 and has been head of the government for...

The latest UN FAO World Food Price index (published on 4 February) exhibited the fastest month-on-month and year-on-year increase for a decade. Food prices have risen c25% since May 2020, hitting a six-year peak. Countries with both a high portion of...