by Selim Raihan | Mar 6, 2022 | Macroeconomy and Economic Growth
Do the official inflation figures in Bangladesh reflect the actual inflation faced by the marginalised households in Bangladesh? The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) calculates the official inflation rates in Bangladesh. The BBS constructs Consumer Price Indices...
by Selim Raihan | Feb 16, 2022 | Macroeconomy and Economic Growth
As we are celebrating 50 years of independence of Bangladesh, questions remain about the development challenges in the days to come. The development challenges of Bangladesh in the coming days are associated with larger development goals. The country aims to become an...
by Selim Raihan | Apr 18, 2019 | Human Capital Development, Macroeconomy and Economic Growth, Migration and Labor Market
Bangladesh’s economic growth and development experience over the past four and half decades, since the Independence in 1971, have generated a lot of interests among the academics and development practitioners both from home and abroad. From an war-torn economy in 1972...
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...
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