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Innovative, independent, peer-reviewed. Explore the latest economic research and policy proposals from SANEM’s global development experts.
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- Dr Selim Raihan
- Feb 3, 2026
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- Sultana Yeasmin
- Jan 15, 2026
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- Dr Selim Raihan
- Jan 7, 2026
Economic Impacts of AMR
SANEM set out to estimate the future economic burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by 2050. We looked at the impact of AMR on four sectors of the economy: health system, the labour market, tourism, and domestic hospitality. We also estimated the return on investment of several interventions to prevent AMR.
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Why is our public spending on education still so shockingly low?
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Dec 15, 2022
Since it boosts individual productivity and produces a trained labour force, education is seen as a crucial road to economic progress. However, in most countries, there are clear examples of market failure when it comes to education since, in a free market, education is under-consumed [....]
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Time to focus on women’s sexual health and rights
- Farhin Islam
- Sep 7, 2022
Bangladesh has made significant progress in the last two decades in improving the lives of women and girls. Maternal mortality rates are decreasing, fertility rates are decreasing, and gender parity in school enrollment is increasing. Women’s participation [....]
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Demographic dividend: How do we include more youth into Bangladesh’s economy?
- Sayema Haque Bidisha
- Aug 29, 2022
For several reasons, the recently conducted Population and Housing Census 2022 of Bangladesh was of interest to people in different sectors, especially the policymakers and researchers. This is primarily because census data can be a crucial source of information [....]
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Mental health in Bangladesh: A generational far cry
- Eshrat Sharmin
- Jun 27, 2022
Mental health has been traditionally a taboo subject in Bangladesh, and frequently overlooked at the policy level. The country has undertaken the first ever National Mental Health Policy 2022 this June, which is highly appreciated- better late than never! The mental health issue [....]
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Creating new opportunities for employment in Bangladesh
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Apr 18, 2019
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 [....]
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Hiccups of ‘Bangladesh Development Surprise’
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Apr 18, 2019
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’ [....]
Governing emerging development challenges: A South Asian perspective
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Apr 18, 2019
espite 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 developments are [....]
