Curtis S Chin

The latest Global Gender Gap report from the World Economic Forum makes clear that around the world, from Bangladesh to the United States, the impact of the pandemic has disproportionately hit those most vulnerable or in need.

For all of South Asia, 2020 has been a year that cannot be over fast enough. This is true for Bangladesh too, even as the International Monetary Fund’s latest Economic Outlook reported that the nation has overtaken India in GDP per capita.

More than 15 years have passed since my first trip to Dhaka—a corporate assignment that would also take me on to Sylhet.