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 | 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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