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Sabbir Rahman Khan

Sabbir Rahman Khan is a development practitioner at Swisscontact.

Bangladesh cottage industry development

Bangladesh's cottage industries need more than nostalgia

18 June 2026
Bangladesh’s traditional cottage industries require fair market access, not just nostalgic appreciation, to survive modern economic pressures.
18 June 2026
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We don’t need more data - we need to understand it

28 November 2025
The question is no longer about data scarcity, but about data governance: who holds it, who uses it, and to what end.
28 November 2025
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When waste meets AI, resources are better managed

18 October 2025
Bangladesh can experiment with AI-waste management as it has the institutional framework.
18 October 2025
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The silent plastic crisis in rural Bangladesh

11 June 2025
Plastic pollution is not solely an urban issue.
11 June 2025
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Boosting Bangladesh’s ‘creator economy’

14 January 2025
Bangladesh’s creator economy is booming, offering youth new opportunities for success.
14 January 2025
The “kidult” conundrum

The 'kidult' conundrum

26 December 2024
Explore the growing kidult trend: adults embracing nostalgia through toys and collectibles.
26 December 2024
Big Data

Demystifying the data-governance conundrum

20 January 2020
Mimi Onuoha, an artist and adjunct professor at New York University, made an art installation titled “The Library of Missing Datasets”.
20 January 2020
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Nurturing local managers

7 October 2019
The managerial capacity problem, first coined by Penrose (1959), implies that a firm’s ability to grow effectively is directly related to its ability to add managerial capacity to administer and accommodate its growth.
7 October 2019
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Engaging expatriates in our growth journey

The signifi-cance of expatriate engagement in emerging economies has led to substantial attention as evidenced by the growing number of studies, seminars, symposiums and conferences, pilot projects and initiatives funded by various governments and development partners. According to a Forbes article, domestic companies are now thriving and pose a real competition for multinational companies. Naturally, focusing on local markets and local consumers, these domestic companies now seek cooperation from expatriate entrepreneurs to expand their businesses.
25 August 2019
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Digital disruptors: Let’s not get left behind

With a demographic dividend, fast-growing market size, a growing number of tech-savvy people, improved ICT infrastructure and rising broadband coverage across the country, Bangladesh has the potential of realising economic gains as the disruptive-technology-
29 June 2019
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