CPD calls on the interim government to restore law and order and economic recovery
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The Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
The Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) called on the interim government to give top priority to bringing law and order and administrative stability, economic recovery and restructuring the social sector, especially the education and health sectors.
CPD Executive Director Dr. Fahmida Khatun called on the interim government on Wednesday (August 14) in a dialogue titled "Challenges and Actions before the Interim Government".
The organization has urged to give top priority to matters such as lack of public confidence in the law enforcement agencies, weak self-confidence of the law enforcement agencies, fear of future violence, filling vacancies at the administrative top level and lack of recognized persons to fill the administrative vacancies to bring law and order and administrative stability.
Businessmen, entrepreneurs, private sector, civil society and student representatives were present.
In the key-note paper Dr. Fahmida said, inadequacy of revenue collection, failure to consolidate government expenditure, delay in implementation of ADP, high level of borrowing from the banking sector have squeezed the country's economy.
In the event, she said that the problems like rising commodity prices, increasing defaulted loans, liquidity crisis in the banking sector, slow export earnings, slow remittance flow, stagnation in private sector investment should be ended quickly.
Depletion of foreign exchange reserves, declining trend in imports, massive currency devaluation, power and energy sector problems should be addressed to boost the economy.
She urged to normalize the activities of educational institutions in restructuring the social sector, improve the quality of education, teacher training system, eliminate the mismatch of labor market needs and skills.
She also said that the issue of employment, especially youth employment, is closely related to the restructuring of the education sector.
Citing a study by CPD, she said youth unemployment is due to inadequate job opportunities, poor quality of education and skill mismatch, limited opportunities for entrepreneurship, social barriers for women job seekers, lack of computer and internet facilities.
Apart from this, she commented that a large part of the youth are unemployed due to reduced employment opportunities due to bribery and corruption, unreasonable requirements for experience, waiting for government jobs and financial constraints.
She said that for the development of the law and order situation and economic recovery, initiatives should be taken on an urgent basis within the next three months.
