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Articles of Prof Rehman Sobhan

Collateral Damage from an Unjust War
Published in The Daily Star April 25, 2003
Clean Politics As A Way To A Cleanheart
Published in The Daily Star February 20, 2003
Aid, Governance and Policy Ownership in Bangladesh
January 2003
POLICY INDEPENDENCE AND POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY The Financial Express Anniversary Issue' 2002
Pro-Poor Fiscal and Monetary Policies: Towards Correcting Structural Injustice in South Asia Poverty Reduction Workshop held on October 2-4, 2002 UNDP, Kathmandu
Guaranteeing Basic Income Through Correcting Structural Injustice Basic Income European Network (BIEN) 9th International Congress held on September 12-14, 2002 Geneva
The Incapacity of Structural Adjustment Reforms to Eradicate Poverty: an Agenda for Change World Bank ABCDE Conference held on June 24-26,2002 Oslo
Mainstreaming Poverty Eradication: Moving From A Micro To a Macro Policy Agenda PRSP Conference held on May 13-16, 2002 Berlin
Correcting Injustice: Towards A More Relevant Agenda for Structural Adjustment Reforms Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network (SAPRIN) Forum held on April 15, 2002 Brussels
Bangladesh in the New Millennium: Between Promise and Fulfillment Bangladesh in the New Millennium Conference held on January 30-31, 2002 Queensland University, Brisbane
The Political Economy of the State and Market in Bangladesh Bangladesh Economic Association XIV Biennial Conference' 2002
Who is left to build political bridges in Bangladesh? Remembering Zeaul Huq The Daily Star's Anniversary Issue'2002
Restoring Justice to Banking in Bangladesh The Third Nurul Matin Memorial Lecture on Ethics in Banking
Restoring Excellence to Public Higher Education in Bangladesh An article largely based on Professor Rehman Sobhan's Convocation Address delivered on 3rd June 2000 at the Fourth Convocation Ceremony of Independent University, Bangladesh.
"Poverty and Injustice: Rethinking Bangladesh's Development Agenda"
Published in The Financial Express, November 30,2000
Correcting Structural Injustices: The Odyssey of a Bangladeshi Economist
Correcting Structural Injustices: Refocussing the Agenda for Poverty Eradication
Depoliticizing the Global Trading System: The Missing Item on the WTO Agenda at Doha
Budget Response
Budget 2004-05
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 Budget's high-reaching target to test govt's execution Capacity The Daily Star 12.06.2004
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 Effective and quality delivery of resources to the poor matters most : CPD The Financial Express 12.06.2004
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 Outlay not a concern, utilisation is: CPD New Age 12.06.2004
       
Budget 2003-04
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 Anti-poverty vision missing: Debapriya The Daily Star 14.06.2003
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 CPD chides budget makers for relying on foreign assistance The Independent 14.06.2003
       

Budget 2002-03

  Pre Budget Observation The Daily Star
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 A Case of Programming Illusion, Again 21.05.2002
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 Blip Fizzles Out: Industrial Production Index Loses Momentum 05.06.2002
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 Will Political Economy Come Into Play, Again? 06.06.2002
  Post Budget Reflection  
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 CPD Sees No Clear Reform Measures, Dev Targets 08.06.2002
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 Higher Growth Targets Raise Questions 08.06.2002

 

Budget 2001-02

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 Rising expenditure and costly borrowing worry economists Weak external balance poses serious threat, they say The Daily Star 09.06.2001
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 Low flow of cash and pressure on balance of payments feared Financial Express 9.6.2001

Budget 2000-01

  Pre Budget Observations    
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 Widening gap between revenue, expenditure worries experts The Daily Star 07.06.2000
  Post Budget Reflections    
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 Conservatively pro-active Debapriya defines proposed budget The Daily Star 10.06.2000
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 Concern over growing fiscal deficit not addressed The Financial Express 10.06.2000

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CPD Policy Brief Task Force Reports 2001
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Macroeconomic Policies 75 kb 52 kb
Financial Sector 108 kb 62.6 kb
Governance 127 kb 93 kb
Poverty Eradication and Employment Generation 140 kb 112 kb
Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment 99 kb 43 kb
Environmental Policy 355 kb 84 kb
Administrative Reform and Local Government 395 kb 174 kb
Agricultural Development and the Rural Economy 42 kb 26 kb
Industry and Trade 209 kb 182 kb
Information and Communication Technology 564 kb 323 kb
Education Policy 158 kb 116 kb
Health and Population Sector Policy 86 kb 63 kb
Development and Governance of the Energy Sector 674 kb 359 kb
Transport and Infrastructure 318 kb 268 kb
Land Administration 36 kb 19 kb
Urban Governance 90.5kb 68.9 kb

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