Thinking Aloud: Volume IV, Issue 9

This February 2018 issue of Thinking Aloud is a special issue on the 14th South Asian Economics Students’ Meet (SAESM). On January 18-21, 2018, SANEM, with the support from the World Bank and the Asia Foundation, organized the 14th SAESM in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Thinking Aloud: Volume IV, Issue 8

This January 2018 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “Trade and Trade Policy”. The first article titled “The future of Bangladesh’s trade policy” argues that emerging challenges and complexities in the global trading regime call for an overhauling of the conventional thinking

Thinking Aloud: Volume II, Issue 12

The theme of May 1, 2016 issue of Thinking Aloud is “Productivity”. The article on “Why do countries differ in total factor productivity?” argues that Total Factor Productivity (TFP) plays a key role in economic

Thinking Aloud: Volume II, Issue 11

April 1, 2016 issue focuses on perspectives on regional integration. The first article on “Political economy of regional integration: Where do we stand in South Asia?” attempts to explore the various factors influencing regional integration in South Asia from a political economy perspective

Thinking Aloud: Volume II, Issue 10

The March 1, 2016 issue of Thinking Aloud has been dedicated to covering the news and happenings of SANEM Annual Economists’ Conference 2016, as this conference also brings a new onset for the organization. The first page article on “Is Bangladesh poised for leaping towards a middle income

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

Thinking Aloud: Volume II, Issue 8

The New Year’s issue (January 1, 2016) of Thinking Aloud comes with the theme of demographic dividend. The first article titled “How do some countries make the most of the demographic dividend?” uses a cross-country least square dummy variable (LSDV) panel regression of 124 countries

Thinking Aloud: Volume II, Issue 7

The theme for the December, 2015 issue of Thinking Aloud is Skill Development. The first article “Do education and skill development affect the transition from ‘good-enough job’ to ‘decent job’?” emphasizes on the supply

Thinking Aloud: Volume II, Issue 6

The theme for the November, 2015 issue of Thinking Aloud is Export Diversification. The first article on “Export diversification: Myths and realities” critically evaluates the current paradigms of views on export diversification in the developing countries, and argues that diversification

Thinking Aloud: Volume II, Issue 4

The September, 2015 issue comes with the theme of informal employment. The first article on “What makes cross-country differences in the informal employment?” depicts the debates over boom of informal sector being a predicament on the way of achieving economic growth