by Selim Raihan | Apr 18, 2019 | Human Capital Development
Bangladesh’s economic growth and development performance over the past two decades have been impressive. With the poor quality of institutions, such a performance has often been termed as a ‘development surprise’ or ‘Bangladesh paradox’. But is it at all a ‘surprise’...
by Selim Raihan | Apr 18, 2019 | Institutions and Political Economy, Macroeconomy and Economic Growth
There are six major macroeconomic challenges for the Bangladesh economy. First, accelerating economic growth and maintaining high economic growth over the coming years will remain a big challenge. Two major drivers of economic growth in Bangladesh have been the...
by Selim Raihan | Apr 18, 2019 | Human Capital Development, Macroeconomy and Economic Growth, Trade and Regional Integration
Despite the divergence in economic and political trajectories, South Asian countries share commonalities with respect to the urge for governing emerging development challenges in the wake of the new world and regional dynamics. As far as future economic and social...
by Selim Raihan | Dec 9, 2018 | Environment and Climate Change, Institutions and Political Economy, Macroeconomy and Economic Growth
The challenging economics of climate change Global climate change has become one of the dominant discourses in the scientific and public policy arena. Studies from scientific research show that the global warming is now a real phenomenon, as there has been an...
by Selim Raihan | Nov 18, 2018 | Infrastructure and Investment, Macroeconomy and Economic Growth
The importance of investment in economic growth is well acknowledged both in theory and empirical literature. No country has been able to accelerate economic growth without significantly increasing the investment-GDP ratio. However, there are disagreements among...
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