Thinking Aloud: Volume VI, Issue 12

The February, 2016 issue of Thinking Aloud is on Infrastructure and Economic Growth. The first article on “How to tackle ‘entitlement failure’ in infrastructure?” argues that several supply-side constraints related to weak infrastructure can restrict economic diversification. Some of these constraints are broadly

The COVID-19 Pandemic, Post-pandemic Challenges and Poverty Dynamics in Bangladesh: Evidence from a Longitudinal Household Survey

Bangladesh has witnessed remarkable economic growth and development in the last three decades. However, the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by the Russia-Ukraine war and the global energy crisis

COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 7th Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in January 2022

The seventh round of the Business Confidence Index (BCI) survey commenced in January 2022—at a time when the country had entered a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the new Omicron

Impact of COVID-19 on Labour Market and Migration in Bangladesh

Although COVID-19 was primarily a health risk, the lockdown that was imposed as a precaution to contain the spread of the virus caused severe economic crises all over the world. The situation was no different

COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 6th Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in October 2021

COVID-19 had a tremendous economic impact on Bangladesh, especially in 2020, with massive business losses and closures, as well as an increase in unemployment and poverty. However, the effects

COVID -19 Fallout on Poverty and Livelihoods in Bangladesh: Results from SANEM’s Nation-wide Household Survey (November-December 2020)

Until the onset of COVID-19 in March 2020, Bangladesh made an impressive reduction in the poverty rate from as high as 56.7% in 1991-92 to 20.5% in 2019. Despite this remarkable alleviation, most of the people

COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 5th Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in July 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic with its numerous variants arising in different times has already proved that it is not going away from our life soon. In response to the COVID-19 upsurge, the Government

Survey Report on Youth-led Digital Engagement Project

Like the rest of the world, Bangladesh has also been hit hard on several dimensions by the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, the pandemic’s havoc on health and healthcare facilities, poverty, inequality

COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 4th Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in April 2021

COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant, negative impact on the global economy – rising levels of poverty, unemployment, business costs and closures due to lockdowns and restricted business

The Impact of the COVID Pandemic on the Cost of Production and Orders in Bangladesh

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed, and exacerbated, the power imbalance along the value chain between the producers of the global south and the buyers of the global north. The Ready-Made