Author: Admin
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Unlocking Inclusive Green Finance in Bangladesh: A Multi-Criteria Innovation Approach for Product Design
by Mohammad Syful Hoque Bangladesh faces a green finance paradox: ambitious sustainability mandates but limited product uptake. Current financial instruments—mainly green loans or refinancing schemes—fail to align with the realities of informal borrowers, SMEs, and underbanked populations. Only 1.4% of private sector credit was classified as green (2023), despite Bangladesh Bank mandates of 5–20%. This…
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Bangladesh’s ESG Transition in 2025: Why It Lags India and Vietnam — and What It Can Learn from ASEAN Peers
by Mohammad Syful Hoque I assessed Bangladesh’s ESG transition relative to India and Vietnam over 2024–2025 using three comparable lenses—mandatory disclosure rules, real-economy clean-power penetration, and sustainable-finance depth—drawing metrics from a single harmonized dataset for electricity and regulator/market sources for finance and reporting. What I find is that, Bangladesh lacks an exchange-level ESG mandate, relying…
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