'Develop human resources to face globalisation'

They also underscored the need for strengthening the intrastate management to derive maximum benefit from globalisation.

The Bangladesh Institute of International and strategic Studies (BIISS) organised the discussion on Wednesday with economist Prof. Muzaffer Ahmed in the chair.

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Presenting the keynote paper on 'Economic Globalisation and Regional Security in South Asia: The Small States in Perspective', Dr Mirza Azizul Islam, consultant of Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), said economic policy, not the small size, makes a country vulnerable.

Referring to the success of globalisation, he laid emphasis on macro-economic management, financial sector supervision, adaptation of technologies, domestic governance and global negotiations.

He also suggested setting up a 'social fund' to deal with the emergency situations.