Media Reports

Media Feature on Budget Analysis 2007-2008

• Macro Economy Long Term Action Needed to Turn Economy on Track - ProthomAlo 9June2008.
• Current fiscal apprehended to end up with high inflation - ProthomAlo 3June2008.
• Pre- Budget analysis of Unnayan Onneshan suggests to reduce ADP: Inflation rate can reach 8.5%
  AmarDesh 3June2008.
• Analysis by Unnayan Onneshan Budget needed to make inflation tolerable Prothom Alo 2June2008

Bangladesh National Budget 2006 - 2007 - A Rapid Assessment

• Unnayan Onneshan's assessment on budget: Adverse effect on investment will occur, Daily Bhorer Kagoj, June 11, 2006
• Innovators cautions against high inflation, Bangladesh Observer. June 11, 2006
• Budget deficit kept artificially lower, New Age, June 11, 2006
• Unnayan Onneshan's assessment: Proposed budget will increase unequal distribution of national income, Daily Aajker Kagoj, June 11, 2006
• Inflation will increase, decrease growth, Daily Jugantor, June 11,2006
• Budget 2006-2007: a rapid assessment - Inflation will increase, decrease growth, Prothom alo, June 13, 2006
• Budget 2006-2007: A Rapid Assesment, Daily Sangbad, 14 June, 2006
• Budget FY 2006-2007 will affect growth: Unnayan Onneshan, Amar desh, June 11,2006
• Budget draws mixed reaction from FBCCI; castigated by research body, AL leader, Daily Independent, June11,2006
• Price level will go up in next FY: power crisis will be acute , Daily Inqilab, June 11, 2006
• Economic targets will not be achieved, Daily Shamokal, June 13, 2006
• Allocations in power, agriculture sectors fall in real terms, The Financial Express, 11 June, 2006

Bangladesh Public Policy Watch 2006 - State of the Economy

• Growth in weak ties with investment, employment: Study, New Age, June 3, 2006
• Developmental allocation remains static for over a decade, Financial Express, June 3, 2006
• Increased public expenditure affects macro-economy, Independent, June 3, 2006
• Foreign aid per capita doubled in last decade , Daily Ittefaq, June 3, 2006; Dhaka
• Aid flow dips in 2001-06 period, New Age, 6 June 2006
• An analysis of last ten years shows - Agri-sector's contribution to GDP declines, Independent 6 June 2006

Bangladesh Public Policy Watch, 2005, MDGs: A Reality Check

• Poverty eradication in 135 years at current rate, New Age, 14 September 2005
• The Daily Ittefaq, 14 September 2005
• Country unlikely to achieve some MDGs, The Bangladesh Observer, 14 September 2005
• The Daily Janakantha, 19 September 2005.
• The Daily Inquilab, 17 September 2005.
• Bangladesh unlikely to achieve some MDGs, reports says, The Independent, 14 September 2005.
• The Daily Prothom Alo, 14 september 2005.
• Daily Ajker Kagoj, 14 September 2005
• Bangladesh unlikely to achieve MDGs, The Daily Star, 14 September 2005
• Daily Amader Shomoy, 14 September 2005.
• Country will need 81 Yrs to eradicate poverty at current pace, The Financial Express, 14 September 2005.
• Attaining MDG, The Independent, 16 October 2005.

Selected Media Feature on Assessment of Hong Kong WTO Ministerial Outcome

• NGOs Call for Beneficial WTO Policies, The China Daily, Beijing, 16-12- 2005
• Strategy for next WTO meet urged, The New Nation, Dhaka, 29-12- 2005,
• Role of intl NGOs at HK meet criticized, NewAge, Dhaka, 30-12-2005,
• New WTO Declaration US can deny 90pc Bangladesh goods duty-free access, The Daily Star, Dhaka, December 31, 2005
• WTO Talks Govt urged to pursue long term policy, The Daily Star, Dhaka, December 31,2005
• Experts suggest concerted efforts for benefit from trade, The New Nation, Dhaka, January 2, 2006
• Natl body proposed to examine HK Declaration, The News Today, Dhaka, January 2, 2006
• NGOs call for beneficial WTO policies, China Industry News, Beijing, 16 Dec 2005
• 90pc exports may face US axe: study, Bangladesherdak, December 31, 2005
• Bangladesh returns empty-handed from WTO meet, News from Bangladesh Daily News monitoring Services, January 05 2006
• Experts for maintaining bilateral, regional trade preference, The News Today, January 05, 2006
• WTO summit outcome against interest of LDCs likely, The Bangladesh Today, December 19, 2005
• 85-90pc of Dhakas Exports Not to Get Duty-Free US Market, The Daily Independent, 31 December 2005
• 90pc Exports may Face US Axe: Study, The Daily New Age, 31 December 2005
• The Daily Ittefaq, 31 December, 2005 (in Bengali)
• The Daily Janakantha, 31 December, 2005 (in Bengali)

Trade Negotiations and Livelihood of the People Papers

• WTO blasted for doing rich nations a 'favour', The daily Star, December 3, 2005
• 85-90pc of Dhakas Exports Not to Get Duty-Free US Market, The Daily Independent, 31 December 2005
• 90pc Exports may Face US Axe: Study, The Daily New Age, 31 December 2005
• The Daily Ittefaq, 31 December, 2005 (in Bengali)
• The Daily Janakantha, 31 December, 2005 (in Bengali)
• NAMA Negotiation: LDCs risk further Marginalisation, New Age, 7 October 2005.
• WTO Dodging Development: LDCs being marginalized by global trade system, New Age, 2 October 2005.
• Middleman blamed for rice price spiral, New Age, 25 July 2005.
• The Daily Ittefaq, 7 October 2005.
• The Daily Sangbad, 25 july 2005
• a name="OLE_LINK38">Farmers in trouble for lack of subsidy, The New Nation, 5 October 2005
• Unkept Promises, The Independent, 9 October 2005
• The Daily Shamokal, 8 October 2005

Selected Media Reports on Peoples Solidarity Forum for Fair Trade Bangladesh

• Forum for fair trade begins today, The Daily Star, December 2, 2005
• Free market access for LDCs sought, The Daily Star, December 3, 2005
• Civil society blasts WTO for bias to rich Formation of Peoples Commission on Trade proposed, The Independent, Dhaka, 03-12-2006
• Call to push for agri-subsidy at WTO, The Bangladesh Today, December 03, 2005
• Call to democratise WTO 'People's Solidarity Forum for Fair Trade' adopts Dhaka Declaration The Daily Independent, December 4, 2005

Media Reports on Appreciation Course Bangladesh

• The Daily Star, January 8, 2006
• The Daily New Age, January 5, 2006
• Daily Independent, January 5, 2006
• Daily Inquilab, January 5, 2006

The Planned Immunity for Operation of World Bank- IMF in Bangladesh

• WB linked with fundamentalism, New Age, 21 August 2005
• The Daily Sangbad, 21 August 2005
• WB doing nothing for poverty alleviation,The Bangladesh Today, 21 August 2005.
• World Bank projects fail to cut poverty, The Daily Star. 21 August 2005.
• Economists ask WB to take responsibility of bad advice, the financial express, 21 august 2005
• The Daily Prothom Alo, 21 August,2005
• Economists term WB undemocratic body, The Bangladesh Observer, 21 August 2005
• Country can survive without foreign aid, the news today, 21 august 2005
• Daily Ajker Kagoj, 21 august 2005
• Offering immunity to WB to hurt country's interest, The Daily Star 5 September 2004
• WB immunity will infringe on sovereignty, The New Age, 5 September 2004
• Weekly 2000
• Crime and reward: Immunity to the World Bank, The Daily Star, 31 October 2004
• The daily Janakantha,  24 October 2004
• The Daily Prothom-alo, 22 September 2004
• The Daily Prothom-alo, 21 September 2004  
• The New Age, 21 September 2004                      
• The Daily Star, 15 September 2004

Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Draft Public Communications Policy

         ADB policies draw flak from civil society group, The Daily Star, 20 July 2004

 Bangladesh Public Policy Watch, 2004

         Lending agencies blamed for inequity and poverty, The New Age, 11 May 2004

         Combined strategy needed to speed up development, The Daily Star, 11 May 2004

Primary Education Policy Watch

         Public expenditure in primary education declines, The Bangladesh Observer, 18 July 2004.more