Syed Akhtar Mahmood

Re-thinking the government-business relationship

Op-Ed18 Aug 2025
PATTERNS & TRENDS

I have got a job, but …

Specials10 Sep 2024

Is the US really the top investor in Bangladesh?

Longform21 May 2024
PATTERNS & TRENDS

Politicians and economists -- the search for a common vocabulary

Longform07 May 2024

An unlikely partnership: Bangabandhu and Suhrawardy

Op-Ed17 Mar 2024

Elites and aspiring elites

Longform02 Jan 2024
PATTERNS & TRENDS

The three stages of crony capitalism

Longform21 Nov 2023

What to expect from economists

Longform03 Oct 2023
PATTERNS AND TRENDS

Policy today; impact tomorrow

Longform08 Aug 2023

Let’s have a dialogue

Longform11 Jul 2023

The grand economists of Vienna and tomorrow’s Bangladesh

Longform20 Jun 2023

The Japan connection

Longform09 May 2023

The scientists of Khamar Bari

Longform18 Apr 2023
PATTERNS & TRENDS BY SYED AKHTAR MAHMOOD

Rhetoric vs results

Op-Ed28 Mar 2023
PATTERNS & TRENDS BY SYED AKHTAR MAHMOOD

At the summit … on the ground

Longform12 Mar 2023
PATTERNS & TRENDS BY SYED AKHTAR MAHMOOD

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?

Longform27 Feb 2023
PATTERNS & TRENDS BY SYED AKHTAR MAHMOOD

The deep roots of the Adani saga

Longform06 Feb 2023

There are predators lurking. They want your business

Opinion23 Jan 2023
PATTERNS & TRENDS BY SYED AKHTAR MAHMOOD

How regulatory uncertainty reduces investment

Business07 Nov 2022
PATTERNS & TRENDS

Economic debates in Bangladesh – what the past can tell us

Business10 Oct 2022
PATTERNS & TRENDS BY SYED AKHTAR MAHMOOD

Where in Bangladesh is the Indian FDI going?

Op-Ed26 Sep 2022
PATTERNS & TRENDS BY SYED AKHTAR MAHMOOD

Akbar Ali Khan’s journey of discovery

Op-Ed12 Sep 2022
PATTERNS & TRENDS BY SYED AKHTAR MAHMOOD

Politicians, nouveau politicians, bureaucrats and the challenges of economic management

Op-Ed29 Aug 2022
PATTERNS & TRENDS BY SYED AKHTAR MAHMOOD

Truths, damn truths and statistics

Op-Ed15 Aug 2022
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How a book written 3 decades ago has lessons for Bangladesh in 2022

Op-Ed01 Aug 2022
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The Three Koreas – and the lessons from each

Business18 Jul 2022
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Policies and politics

Op-Ed27 Jun 2022
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The government needs to learn new things, but first it must unlearn a few

Op-Ed06 Jun 2022
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Making the most of the private sector

Business23 May 2022
PATTERNS & TRENDS BY SYED AKHTAR MAHMOOD

Understanding policy dynamics

Op-Ed09 May 2022
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