June 15, 2023
Bangladesh Needs a Policy Framework for a Growing Platform Economy
Shamarukh Alam, Researcher, Fairwork Bangladesh Ratings 2023; Senior Research Fellow, DataSense at iSocial Not even a decade has passed since the introduction of gig platforms in Bangladesh; however, the country has seen significant growth of the platform economy. While ride-hailing and delivery […]
May 31, 2023
DataSense – TBS Webinar on Industry-Academia Collaboration for Entrepreneurship Development: What’s Appropriate for Bangladesh?
Bangladesh is economically growing with salient enhancements in GDP and other economic indicators. Yet 4,43,000 candidates for 1,800 vacancies in government official jobs and 43,000 candidates for 70-100 job posts (BBS, 2018) shed light on the demand and supply imbalance […]
May 11, 2023
Speakers call for fairer labour practices in digital platform-based economy in Asia
Speakers at a seminar emphasized the importance of promoting fair labour practices in the digital platform-based economy across Asia. As a more equitable economic platform, they noted that digital platforms will enhance connectivity among Asian countries. The speakers made the […]
February 10, 2023
Journey of a Woman Migrant Worker: Issues, Risks and Challenges
In Bangladesh, women started participating in labour migration since 1991, as of November 2022, total around 1.11 million women migrant workers have gone abroad, which is around 7.5% of total migration so far.  [BMET 2022]. Major destination of women migrant […]
January 15, 2023
Challenges faced by Bangladeshi Women Entrepreneurs in Accessing Finance
Authored by: Jinat Jahan Khan In Bangladesh, the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) sector employs more than 7.8 million people directly and about 3.2 million people indirectly. The SME sector contributes to one-fourth of Bangladesh’s GDP, and a decent portion […]
August 14, 2022
Open Network for Digital Commerce: Connectivity is the future
Open Network for Digital Commerce, generally known as ONDC, has been the talk of the town for quite some time in our neighboring country, India. Though the ONDC in India is still in its initial stage, it is the right […]
March 29, 2022
Conventions and Other Legal Frameworks in Labour Migrant Destination Countries
The following chart outlines the regulatory frameworks governing the working conditions in some of the most common destination countries for Bangladeshi labour migrants. It shows the migrant friendliness of the regulatory approach that these country takes. This chart can be […]
March 28, 2022
Ensure low-cost, hassle-free labour migration: Stakeholders- The Business Standard
Stakeholders have called for efforts to reduce labour migration cost and make the process hassle-free as Bangladeshi workers, compared to those in major labour sourcing countries, pay more to get overseas jobs and earn less. They told a roundtable on […]
December 10, 2021
ডেটাসেন্স এবং অক্সফোর্ড বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের রিপোর্ট, গিগ অর্থনীতির সবচেয়ে ভাল এবং সবচেয়ে খারাপ অনুশীলনগুলি প্রকাশ করে
ডেটাসেন্স এবং অক্সফোর্ড বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের রিপোর্ট, গিগ অর্থনীতির সবচেয়ে ভাল এবং সবচেয়ে খারাপ অনুশীলনগুলি প্রকাশ করে। যেহেতু বাংলাদেশের গিগ অর্থনীতিতে আরও বেশি সংখ্যক কর্মী নিযুক্ত হচ্ছে, অর্থনীতির এই ক্রমবর্ধমান খাতে কাজের অবস্থার ন্যায্যতা মূল্যায়ন করা গুরুত্বপূর্ণ। ডেটাসেন্স এবং অক্সফোর্ড ইউনিভার্সিটির মধ্যে […]