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Rethinking trade, investment and industrial policies in South Asia for greater regional integration
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Apr 28, 2022
Despite considerable demand for deeper regional integration in South Asia progress has been weak. The actual implementation of agreements frequently falls short of the stated goals. Tariff and non-tariff barriers, a lack of trade facilitation, a lack of political [....]
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Can BIMSTEC rise to meet the new challenges?
- Achyut Bhandari, Dr Selim Raihan, Ganeshan Wignaraja, Nihal Pitigala, Posh Raj Pandey, Prabir De, Watcharas Leelawath
- Apr 10, 2022
The 5th summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) ended on March 30, 2022, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The summit adopted a charter for the first time since its inception in 1997 and signed three memorandums [....]
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Inflation for the marginalised people in Bangladesh: Beyond the official arithmetic
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Mar 6, 2022
Do the official inflation figures in Bangladesh reflect the actual inflation faced by the marginalised households in Bangladesh?
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) calculates the official inflation rates in Bangladesh. The BBS constructs Consumer Price Indices (CPIs) for national, rural, and urban areas, and calculates [....]
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50 Years of Bangladesh: The development challenges in the time ahead
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Feb 16, 2022
As we are celebrating 50 years of independence of Bangladesh, questions remain about the development challenges in the days to come. The development challenges of Bangladesh in the coming days are associated with larger development goals [....]
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Gravity of rural-urban migration and its impact on Bangladesh
- Mir Ashrafun Nahar
- 18 May, 2020
Moreover, Bangladesh is a densely-populated country with a population of 161.36 million in 2018 against 103.17 million in 1990. Population growth was showing a decreasing trend as it reached 1.05 percent by 2018 though it was 2.43 percent in 1990. In such a context [....]
