This March 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud has been dedicated to cover the news of the 5th SANEM Annual Economists’ Conference (SAEC) 2020 on “Institutions for Development”. The first page article on ‘Institutions for Development’ discusses the definition, types and importance of institutions for development in developing countries. The second, third and fourth pages present brief summaries of different sessions of the 5th SAEC. The conference started with the inaugural session which was followed by four breakout sessions on ‘Energy and Environment’, ‘Trade and Development’, ‘Environment and Climate Change 1’ and ‘Macroeconomic Policies 1’. After lunch, there were four breakout sessions on ‘Health and Development’, ‘Institutions and Economic Development 1’, ‘Labour Market and Employment Challenges’ and ‘Poverty and Inequality 1’. The breakout sessions 9, 10, 11, 12 were on ‘Macroeconomic Policies 2’, ‘Poverty and Inequality 2’, ‘Institutions and Economic Development 2’ and ‘Environment and Climate Change 2’ https://antidepressantremedy.com/xanax-alprazolam/ respectively. There was a special session for budding researchers. On the first day of the 5th SAEC, SANEM organized a special session to honour the life and work of Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman. The second day of the 5th SAEC started with a session on “Reflecting Youth’s Perspective on Development”. A session on ‘Challenges of Export Growth and Diversification in Bangladesh: The Case of Bonded Warehouse Modernization’ was held immediately after the first session. This was followed by a panel discussion on “Political Economy of Development in Bangladesh”. There was another session on ‘Reflections on Poverty, Employment and Development in Bangladesh: Presentations by SANEM’s Young Researchers’. In addition to the sessions on different contemporary issues, there was a special lecture titled ‘Structural Transformation and the Transition to Formality’. There was another special session for budding researchers on the second day of the 5th SAEC.
