Bangladesh Economic Association president Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad on Friday said the law and order should be maintained and people's rights ensured to overcome the country's economic challenges.
He said the country's macroeconomic situation will be strengthened if the socio-economic issues are rightly addressed in the national budget and the law and order is established.
Development will be meaningless, if we fail to establish the rights of people, he told a press briefing on 'Bangladesh Social and Economic Forum' at the BEA office in the capital.
The Dhaka School of Economics is organising the six-day forum with the support of the BEA. The theme of the forum is 'Bangladesh: A country of middle standard of living by 2021: pathways, potentials and challenges'.
Kholiquzzaman said the objective of the forum was to bring together experts and interested people from different walks of life and review a number of selected sectors of the economy and the society.
The forum will come up with action programmes to overcome the identified constraints and improve performance.
BEA secretary general Toufic Ahmad Choudhury also spoke at the press briefing.
He said, 'We will focus on the present economic situation and the ways to move forward.'
He mentioned that the issues of macroeconomic performance, regional connectivity, agricultural development, sixth five-year plan, human development, effectiveness of regulatory bodies, public-private partnership, local governance: ensuring transparency, effectiveness of external assistance, promoting trade with SAARC countries, financial stability of and risk management in the banking sector, and a number of other socio-economic issues will be discussed in the forum.
The BEA established the Dhaka School of Economics in April 2008.
Source: New Age
