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<title>Counterpoint &#45; Syed Akhtar Mahmood</title>
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<title>Three Nobel laureates and Bangladesh’s Economic Future</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Irrespective of whether LDC graduation is delayed or not, we must face the music sooner or later. It is time to bite the bullet and focus on productivity. Understanding how firms increase productivity must be at the top of our agenda. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:58:05 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Syed Akhtar Mahmood</dc:creator>
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<title>The Bangladesh Story in Eight Charts</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The economy is busier, but not necessarily more capable.  After presenting eight charts, they tell basically one story. On the economic front, Bangladesh’s achievements are real. But the transformation is still incomplete. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:52:43 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Syed Akhtar Mahmood</dc:creator>
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<title>A New Bangladesh Must be Built on New Ideas</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ As we chart our future as an innovating nation, we must ask ourselves: Will we continue to be a nation that tolerates and even encourages heresy, heterodoxy and esoterism, or will we ignore the lessons of history and become a closed society, one that is hostile to new ideas? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:11:50 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Syed Akhtar Mahmood</dc:creator>
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<title>Forget the Elite. We Need To Think About Aspiring Elites.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ What happens when the interests of the elite class collide with those of an ever more assertive aspiring elite? We&#039;re about to find out. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 06:31:36 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Syed Akhtar Mahmood</dc:creator>
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<title>Productivity Is Almost Everything</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Bangladesh&#039;s future prosperity depends in large part on enhancing our productivity, but we still lag behind when it comes to gathering the data needed to address the issue, let alone making it a policy priority ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:41:14 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Syed Akhtar Mahmood</dc:creator>
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<title>I have got a job, but …</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Unlocking opportunity by tackling Bangladesh’s employment challenges ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 09:55:49 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Syed Akhtar Mahmood</dc:creator>
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