by Selim Raihan, Md. Jillur Rahman | Jun 1, 2016 | Macroeconomy and Economic Growth
The analysis of comparative advantage is important from the policy perspective. Trade policies of a country should be tuned to promote export items where the country has a comparative advantage. The Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) analysis, suggested by...
by Selim Raihan | May 2, 2016 | Human Capital Development, Macroeconomy and Economic Growth
The theoretical and empirical literature on sources of economic growth emphasized on factor accumulation and factor productivity as two major sources of growth. Though factor accumulation can explain a significant part of economic growth, it can’t explain the...
by Selim Raihan, Nafiz Ifteakhar, Mir Tanzim Nur Angkur | May 1, 2016 | Macroeconomy and Economic Growth
Selim Raihan, Nafiz Ifteakhar, and Mir Tanzim Nur Angkur For long, empirical studies on the role of exports in promoting growth in general, and productivity in particular, used data at the country or industry level to test whether exports promote productivity growth...
by Selim Raihan | Apr 2, 2016 | Institutions and Political Economy, Trade and Regional Integration
The aspiration for deeper regional integration is high on the political agenda of most of the leaders in South Asia. Since the early 1980s South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has been working as an economic and geopolitical organization for South...
by Selim Raihan, Sunera Saba Khan | Apr 1, 2016 | Trade and Regional Integration
The Bangladesh economy over the past two and half decades has been experiencing a steady rise in economic growth rate which has been accompanied by the country’s increasing trade-GDP ratio. The economy has become more and more trade-oriented. However, when it comes to...
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