Commentary
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- Blog Post
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Feb 3, 2026
- Blog Post
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Feb 3, 2026
- Blog Post
- Sultana Yeasmin
- Jan 15, 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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- Blog Post
Does institution matter for human capital development?
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Jul 5, 2016
A fundamental proposition of new growth theories is that human capital is a key driver of economic growth. Development of human capital for the people of a country encompasses not only the diffusion and assimilation of available knowledge but also the generation of new knowledge [....]
- Blog Post
Does employment status matter for the wellbeing of rural households in Bangladesh?
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Sep 2, 2016
In rural Bangladesh, a great challenge is to tackle the low pay, poor-quality jobs that are unrecognized and unprotected by law, widespread underemployment, the absence of rights at work, inadequate social protection, and the lack of representative voice [....]
- Blog Post
Cross-country differences in income inequality: Where do South Asian countries stand?
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Sep 10, 2016
In recent years, there has been a growing interest among general people, researchers and policymakers in income inequality, its causes, and its effects. The most popular index of income inequality is the ‘Gini index’ which measures the inequality among levels of income [....]
- Blog Post
Sub-regional cooperation can be the answer to the deadlock of regional integration in South Asia
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Oct 2, 2016
Though there is a strong demand for deeper regional integration in South Asia, the progress has been rather slow. The actual implementation of agreements often does not match the declared ambitions, and in this context, lack of political will and leadership, institutional weaknesses [....]
- Blog Post
Tapping on the trade-investment nexus for improving bilateral economic cooperation between Bangladesh and India
- Dr Selim Raihan, Farazi Binti Ferdous
- Nov 2, 2016
Bangladesh and India have long bonds in culture and history. Despite such bonds and neighborly proximity, economic cooperation between the two countries has remained far below potential. A number of studies have shown that bilateral trade and investment [....]
