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...
by Selim Raihan | Mar 1, 2016 | Human Capital Development, Macroeconomy and Economic Growth
Bangladesh has recently been upgraded from low-income country (LIC) to lower-middle-income country (LMIC) as per the World Bank’s classification. There is an aspiration for graduating from the LDC status to that of a middle-income country by 2021 as per the United...
by Selim Raihan, Sunera Saba Khan | Mar 1, 2016 | Infrastructure and Investment, Macroeconomy and Economic Growth
Infrastructure plays a decisive role in stimulating long-run economic growth. An increase in the level of infrastructure stock directly helps in reducing poverty and accelerating productivity. Infrastructure also contributes to the development process through the...
by Selim Raihan | Feb 1, 2016 | Infrastructure and Investment, Institutions and Political Economy, Macroeconomy and Economic Growth
In the discourse on infrastructure and economic growth, the dominant area of discussion is on the quantity and quality of infrastructure and how countries differ in these respects. While most of the countries emphasize a lot on investing in raising the quantity (and...
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