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Tapping on the trade-investment nexus for improving bilateral economic cooperation between Bangladesh and India
- Dr Selim Raihan, Farazi Binti Ferdous
- Nov 2, 2016
Bangladesh and India have long bonds in culture and history. Despite such bonds and neighborly proximity, economic cooperation between the two countries has remained far below potential. A number of studies have shown that bilateral trade and investment [....]
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Sub-regional cooperation can be the answer to the deadlock of regional integration in South Asia
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Oct 2, 2016
Though there is a strong demand for deeper regional integration in South Asia, the progress has been rather slow. The actual implementation of agreements often does not match the declared ambitions, and in this context, lack of political will and leadership, institutional weaknesses [....]
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Cross-country differences in income inequality: Where do South Asian countries stand?
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Sep 10, 2016
In recent years, there has been a growing interest among general people, researchers and policymakers in income inequality, its causes, and its effects. The most popular index of income inequality is the ‘Gini index’ which measures the inequality among levels of income [....]
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Does employment status matter for the wellbeing of rural households in Bangladesh?
- Dr Selim Raihan
- Sep 2, 2016
In rural Bangladesh, a great challenge is to tackle the low pay, poor-quality jobs that are unrecognized and unprotected by law, widespread underemployment, the absence of rights at work, inadequate social protection, and the lack of representative voice [....]
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Dynamics of economic growth in Bangladesh
- Dr Selim Raihan, Wahid Ferdous Ibon
- Aug 5, 2016
Rapid and sustained economic growth is very critical for Bangladesh’s economy in its way towards a middle-income country. In this article, we have investigated the major determinants of economic growth in Bangladesh using time series data for 44 years (1972-2015). We start with a production [....]
