Thinking Aloud: Volume V, Issue 7
This December 2018 issue of Thinking Aloud comes with the theme “Environment and Climate Change”. The first article “The challenging economics of climate change” highlights the major challenges related to the study of economic costs and benefits of climate change, and the analysis of the economic impact of actions targeting at limiting its effects
Thinking Aloud: Volume V, Issue 6
This November 2018 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “Investment challenges”. The first article on ‘Boosting private investment in Bangladesh’ highlights that, though there has been a gradual rise in the investment-GDP ratio in Bangladesh over the past three decades
Thinking Aloud: Volume V, Issue 5
The October 2018 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on ‘youth employment challenges’. The first article “Why is youth NEET a concern?” focuses on the share of youth which is neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET) in the youth population. The article shows
Thinking Aloud: Volume V, Issue 4
The September 2018 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “economic growth”. The first page article titled “Does institution matter for the quality of growth?” presents an index of quality of economic growth’ (IQEG) which is constructed for 156 countries for 16 years between
Thinking Aloud: Volume V, Issue 3
This August 2018 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “Emerging challenges in the global trade regime”. The first article on “Can the world afford a full-scale trade war?” presents an analysis using the GTAP model, where a scenario of a large scale trade war between the USA and China
Thinking Aloud: Volume V, Issue 2
This July 2018 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “Industrialization”. The first article on “The road to rapid industrialization in Bangladesh” highlights four major issues which need to be in order for a rapid industrialization in Bangladesh. First, the need for second-generation strategic and dynamic
