by Sayema Haque Bidisha | Jul 3, 2024 | Migration and Labor Market
In the context of Bangladesh, despite impressive progresses in terms of different socioeconomic indicators, there remain challenges in some areas and the labor market is argued to be one of those. Besides, especially in the context of high inflationary pressure and...
by Dipa Das, Eshrat Sharmin | Jun 3, 2024 | Migration and Labor Market
Bangladesh’s economy has witnessed remarkable growth, solidifying it as one of the fastest-growing economies worldwide. According to Bangladesh Economic Review 2023, the construction sector significantly contributes to this growth, accounting for approximately...
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 Mir Ashrafun Nahar | Mar 18, 2020 | Migration and Labor Market
Moreover, Bangladesh is a densely-populated country with a population of 161.36 million in 2018 against 103.17 million in 1990. Population growth was showing a decreasing trend as it reached 1.05 percent by 2018 though it was 2.43 percent in 1990. In such a context,...
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 | Sep 2, 2016 | Human Capital Development, Migration and Labor Market
Does employment status matter for the wellbeing of rural households in Bangladesh? Selim Raihan and Fatima Tuz Zohora In rural Bangladesh, a great challenge is to tackle the low pay, poor-quality jobs that are unrecognized and unprotected by law, widespread...
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