It means ensuring that our partnerships are not statements of intent, but living commitments that empower those furthest behind,” said H.E. Mr. Lok Bahadur Thapa, President of the Economic and Social ...

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The 2026 Report is the final installment in a trilogy on development through uncertainty, building on the 2023–24 HDR on political polarization and the 2025 HDR on AI-driven transformations. This ...

We may hold out hope for this government to take new directions, but we cannot rely on hope—and certainly not on faith that ...

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It’s the rejection of this normative dimension of neoliberal bureaucracy that unites both the anti-“woke” aspect of Trumpism and the anti–“everything bagel liberalism” drive of Klein and Thompson’s ...

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Neoliberalism isn’t just another political buzzword — it’s the ideology that reshaped the global economy. From the deregulation and market‑first policies of the 1980s to today’s gig economy, this ...

Following Sheikh Hasina’s removal from the position of Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus assumed leadership of a non-partisan interim government. His strategy for political survival ...