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- Thinking Aloud
- Dr Selim Raihan, H. M. Shahariar, Sk Ashibur Rahman, Sunera Saba Khan, Zubayer Hossen
- December 1, 2018
- Thinking Aloud
- Dr Selim Raihan, H. M. Shahariar, Sk Ashibur Rahman, Sunera Saba Khan, Zubayer Hossen
- December 1, 2018
- Thinking Aloud
- Dr Selim Raihan, H. M. Shahariar, Sk Ashibur Rahman, Sunera Saba Khan, Zubayer Hossen
- November 1, 2018
Economic Impacts of AMR
CGD set out to estimate the future economic burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by 2050. We looked at the impact of AMR on four sectors of the economy: health system, the labour market, tourism, and domestic hospitality. We also estimated the return on investment of several interventions to prevent AMR.
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- Blog Post
Towards a new regime of regional integration in South Asia
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Jul 6, 2015
There are strong arguments for deeper regional economic integration in South Asia. It is believed to have the potential for generating significant intra-regional trade and welfare gains for the countries involved. Deeper regional integration is supposed to provide countries [....]
- Blog Post
Bangladesh needs a new investment regime
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Jul 2, 2015
Looking at the trend in the investment-GDP ratio since 1979-80, we can suggest four different investment regimes in Bangladesh. The first regime (1979-80 to 1989-90) is characterized by a low level of investment-GDP ratio with an annual average of 16.5 percent [....]
- Blog Post
Our garment industry at a crossroad
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Jun 11, 2015
Manufacturing is now an overwhelmingly salient component of Bangladesh’s export composition, thanks largely to the rapid expansion of the garment industry. From a small base of only around US$ 32 million in 1984, garment exports have grown to around US$ 25 billion by 2014, accounting [....]
- Blog Post
From ‘good-enough’ jobs to ‘decent’ jobs
- Dr Selim Raihan
- May 25, 2015
Though there are many views on ‘inclusive growth’, the key consensus is that inclusive growth is a growth process that reduces poverty, inequality, and social exclusion and promotes ‘decent’ jobs and economic and social [....]