Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 8: January 2021 The January 2021 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 and Development Priorities”. The first page article titled “Setting the development priorities right in 2021 in Bangladesh” emphasizes that the concerns related to poverty, inequality and employment in Bangladesh suggest that no reason is there to remain…
SANEM-AAB: Converging Trajectories Gender and Technology Perspective for Youth Development Harnessing youth power of a nation is considered as one of the key instruments for economic and social progress along with sustainable development. Proper utilization of young people’s potential through investments in education, health, human rights and overall welfare will enable the economies to experience…
Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 7: December 2020 The December 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19: Challenges and Wayout”. The first page article titled “Post COVID-19 challenges in international trade in South Asia” emphasizes that In the post-COVID-19 era, there are several challenges in international trade in South Asia. While the effective GVC…
COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 2nd Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in October 2020 Citation: Raihan, S., Uddin, M., Ahmed, M.T., (2020). “COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Results from the Firm-level Survey in October 2020”, SANEM Publications, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Abstract: Since the onset of the crisis in early 2020, the COVID-19…
Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 6: November 2020 The November 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 and Development Challenges”. The first-page article titled “COVID-19 and the road to recovery in Bangladesh” emphasizes that the current discussion on the recovery needs to change its focus from the narrow GDP growth rate to broader development…
Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 5: October 2020 The October 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 and Development Challenges”. The first-page article titled “COVID-19 and development challenges” emphasizes that COVID-19 has brought about an unprecedented crisis in human history in terms of its dimension and scale. This crisis involves not only pandemic related…
SANEM-AAB Policy Brief on Youth Budget Framework in Bangladesh: An Appraisal Composition of population plays a crucial role in the development effort. As is evident from the changing population structure in Bangladesh, the country is in the middle of a period of demographic transition. Lower fertility and mortality rates have increased the proportion of working…
The global economy is being raged by the Covid-19 pandemic. The world is passing through the worst economic downturn ever since the great depression of the 1930s.
South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) in partnership with ActionAid Bangladesh held a webinar titled “Youth Budget Framework: An Appraisal”, today, at 11 am.
Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 4: September 2020 The September 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 Crisis: Trade-Related Challenges in South Asia”. The first-page article titled “COVID-19 and challenges of trade: The Bangladesh perspective” emphasizes that while being a small developing country Bangladesh has little to influence the recovery of the global trade,…