Losing the threads: Bangladesh

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Shifts in the garment industry, which powered development in the country, represent one risk; meagre currency reserves are another. Yet nothing so <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2023/03/01/bangladeshs-economic-miracle-is-in-jeopardy?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio. ...

Over two decades in office, the prime minister and her Awami League party have overseen impressive growth and reforms in a notoriously corrupt country—but that same firm hand may now be <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2023/05/24/sheikh-hasina-is-asias-iron-lady?utm_cam ...

Narendra Modi’s reputation for prosperity is likely to propel him to a third term. But for India’s economic successes to last, the country needs a set of new <a href="https://www.economist.com/special-report/2024-04-27?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=t ...

Narendra Modi is cosying up to America, but not at the expense of valuable relationships with Russia and China. Our correspondent speaks with the country’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2023/06/15/indias-foreign-minister-on-ties-with-america-china-and-russia?utm_camp ...