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

Thinking Aloud: Volume V, Issue 1

This June 2018 issue of Thinking Aloud is a 4th-anniversary special issue. On this occasion, SANEM organized a roundtable discussion on “Looking beyond LDC graduation” on May 12, 2018 to discuss on the anticipated major benefits and challenges of Bangladesh, while going

Thinking Aloud: Volume IV, Issue 12

This May 2018 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “Bangladesh’s labor market challenges”. The first article on “How can Bangladesh avoid ‘jobless growth’?” focuses on a critical concern that despite impressive economic growth in recent years, job creation in Bangladesh

Thinking Aloud: Volume IV, Issue 11

This April 2018 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on ‘Bangladesh’s development trajectory’. The first article on ‘Is LDC graduation a panacea?’ highlights the benefits and risk factors for Bangladesh associated with its graduation from the LDC status. The article argues that though

Thinking Aloud: Volume IV, Issue 10

This March 2018 issue of Thinking Aloud has been dedicated to cover the news of the 3rd SANEM Annual Economists’ Conference (SAEC) 2018 on ‘Leave no one behind in South Asia’. This year’s conference

Thinking Aloud: Volume IV, Issue 6

This November 2017 issue of Thinking Aloud comes with the theme “Education”. The first article “Is the education sector in Bangladesh ready to take the challenges of the coming decades?” suggests that despite that Bangladesh made considerable progress in gross-enrolment

Thinking Aloud: Volume IV, Issue 5

This October 2017 issue of Thinking Aloud comes with the theme “Health”. The first article “Challenges for Bangladesh in achieving the Goal 3 of SDGs” indicates that the progress in Bangladesh between 1990 and 2015 in maternal mortality, infant and child mortality and life expectancy was noteworthy. In 2015, Bangladesh’s status was better than India