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Do education and skill development affect the transition from ‘good-enough’ job to ‘decent’ job?
- Dr Selim Raihan, Mahtab Uddin
- Dec 1, 2015
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 [....]
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Export diversification – Myths and realities
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Nov 7, 2015
Export diversification has been an important policy agenda in many of the developing countries. It is commonly viewed that export diversification is a necessary condition for the sustained and long-term growth of the economy and job creation [....]
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Why do countries differ in export diversification?
- Dr Selim Raihan, Mahtab Uddin
- Nov 1, 2015
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 [....]
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Demystifying non-tariff barriers in South Asia
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Oct 3, 2015
In the initial years of SAARC in the 1980s, the popular hypothesis for the reason behind limited intra-regional trade was the prevailing high tariff rate among the member countries. High tariff rates have come down substantially over the years since the formation of SAARC, [....]
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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 [....]
