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...
by Selim Raihan, Mahtab Uddin | Dec 1, 2015 | Migration and Labor Market
Majority of studies conducted on decent job primarily focused on the demand side issues. However, there is a need to explore the supply side issues as the composition of labor supply itself can be a determining factor in the status of decent job. This article follows...
by Selim Raihan | May 25, 2015 | Migration and Labor Market
Though there are many views on ‘inclusive growth’, the key consensus is that inclusive growth is a growth process that reduces poverty, inequality, and social exclusion and promotes ‘decent’ jobs and economic and social cohesion. A ‘decent’ job is referred to as a...
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