by Selim Raihan | Dec 15, 2022 | Human Capital Development, Infrastructure and Investment
Since it boosts individual productivity and produces a trained labour force, education is seen as a crucial road to economic progress. However, in most countries, there are clear examples of market failure when it comes to education since, in a free market, education...
by Selim Raihan | Nov 28, 2022 | Migration and Labor Market
In the recent decade, despite high economic growth, job creation has slowed down. This is especially in the manufacturing and services sectors, where it remains a big challenge due to increased automation. The high degree of informal employment in Bangladesh, where...
by Selim Raihan | May 10, 2022 | Macroeconomy and Economic Growth
The national budget for the next fiscal year will be the third since the start of the Covid-19 crisis in March 2020. Can we expect it to address the current realities, contexts and challenges of Bangladesh? The economy is on the path to recovery from the unprecedented...
by Selim Raihan | Apr 28, 2022 | Trade and Regional Integration
Despite considerable demand for deeper regional integration in South Asia progress has been weak. The actual implementation of agreements frequently falls short of the stated goals. Tariff and non-tariff barriers, a lack of trade facilitation, a lack of political will...
by Selim Raihan, Ganeshan Wignaraja, Nihal Pitigala, Prabir De, Posh Raj Pandey, Achyut Bhandari, Watcharas Leelawath | Apr 10, 2022 | Trade and Regional Integration
The 5th summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) ended on March 30, 2022, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The summit adopted a charter for the first time since its inception in 1997 and signed three memorandums of...
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