Govt forms 12-member taskforce to reframe development strategies
According to the circular, the taskforce has been formed to formulate anti-discriminatory and sustainable development strategies. It will prepare a primary overall report within the next three months to lay the foundation of a just, sustainable and moving economy
The government has formed a 12-member taskforce to reframe development strategies.
The taskforce, titled "Re-strategising the economy and mobilising resources for equitable and sustainable development", will be led by former director general of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies Dr KAS Murshid, reads a circular issued by the Planning Division yesterday (10 September).
According to the circular, the taskforce has been formed to formulate anti-discriminatory and sustainable development strategies. It will prepare a primary overall report within the next three months to lay the foundation of a just, sustainable and moving economy.
Other members of the taskforce are- former World Bank official Akhtar Mahmood, Professor of Dhaka University's Economics department Dr Selim Raihan, former head of the research department of Commonwealth Secretariat Dr Abdur Razzak, Professor of Yale University's Economics Department Dr Mushfiq Mobarak, Professor of BUET Dr Shamsul Haque, Professor of Dhaka University's Economics department Dr Rumana Huque, former president of MCCI Nasim Manzoor, Research Director of BIDS Dr Monzur Hossain, Executive Director of CPD Dr Fahmida Khatun, Chief Executive Officer of BDjobs AKM Fahim Mashrur and member Secretary of General Economics Division of the Planning Commission Dr Md Kawser Ahmed.