COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 3rd Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in January 2021
Since the first local case of COVID-19 in March and the subsequent lockdown, Bangladesh has been heavily affected by the pandemic – the impact of which has now spanned over the entirety
SANEM-AAB: Converging Trajectories Gender and Technology Perspective for Youth Development
Harnessing youth power of a nation is considered as one of the key instruments for economic and social progress along with sustainable development. Proper utilization of young people’s potential
COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 2nd Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in October 2020
Since the onset of the crisis in early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic continued its rampage on the global economy. Bangladesh also faced the backlashes of the economic turmoil
COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 1st Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in July 2020
Bangladesh, like the rest of the world, is experiencing an economic contraction during this unprecedented crisis of COVID-19. According to the provisional estimates of BBS (2020), the Gross
COVID-19 Impact on Poverty Dynamics in Bangladesh: An Analytical Investigation
There are paramount fears that Bangladesh’s economy might suffer from long-term anti-developmental challenges fuelled by the COVID-19 crisis. One of Bangladesh’s decade-long
Expanding Private Investment in Bangladesh in the Context of LDC Graduation
Private investment fuels economic growth and sustainability. In this connection, Bangladesh’s graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status by November 2026 could impose
A Paradigm Shift in Aid: What Does it Mean for the Global South?
For decades, the promise of global development was rooted in a simple idea: the world, though unequal, could move forward together. Richer countries would support poorer ones through aid, trade, and investment, not out of charity, but out of shared interest and historical responsibility
Why Does Bangladesh Spend So Little on Education and Healthcare, and What Can Be Done?
In 1981 Bangladesh had 45 million people in the working age population in the range of 15-64. Male labour force participation was 84%. Female labour force participation was only 4.5%. Most of the workers were employed in the agricultural sector
Do education and skill development affect the transition from ‘good-enough’ job to ‘decent’ job?
Majority of studies conducted on decent job primarily focused on the demand side issues. However, there is a need to explore the supply side issues as the composition of labor supply itself can be a determining factor in the status of decent job. This article follows the definitions
Why do countries differ in export diversification?
In the literature of export-growth linkages, the issue of export diversification draws a considerable interest in reducing risks associated with adverse and volatile terms of trade, slow productivity growth or relatively low-value addition in the global value chain. Diversification
