2nd SANEM Annual Economists' Conference

"Managing Growth for Social Inclusion"

February 18-19, 2017, BRAC Centre Inn, Mohakhali, Dhaka

Last Updated: February 16

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM REGISTRATION
09:30 AM – 11:15 AM SANEM-BIGD-IGC ORGANIZED SESSION

Partners:BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) and International Growth Centre (IGC)

ORGANIZED SESSION:
AUDITORIUM, 2ND FLOOR
FIRM PRODUCTIVITY AND GROWTH
Chair: Dr. Rizwanul Islam, Former Special Adviser on Growth, Employment and Poverty Reducton, International Labour Organization (ILO)
09:30 AM – 10:30 AM Paper presentations:
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Discussant: Dr. A. K. Enamul Haque, Professor of Economics, East West University, Dhaka
Mr. Hossain I. Adib, Head of Education, James P.Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka
10:45 AM – 11:05 AM Open discussion
11:05 AM – 11:15 AM Remarks by the Chair
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM TEA/COFFEE BREAK
11:30 AM – 01:00 PM SANEM-BIGD-IGC ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

Partners:BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) and International Growth Centre (IGC)

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:
AUDITORIUM, 2ND FLOOR
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION
Chair: Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, Former Governor, Bangladesh Bank
11:35 AM – 11:40 AM Introduction by the Chair
11:40 AM – 12:30 PM Speakers:
12:30 PM – 12:50 PM Open discussion
12:50 PM – 01:00 PM Concluding Remarks
01:00 PM – 02:00 PM LUNCH
02:00 PM – 04:00 PM SANEM-MCCI ORGANIZED SESSION

Partner: Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Dhaka dfnjkdfnkfghfghghdnfjkfjdfkjfndfdf

ORGANIZED SESSION:
AUDITORIUM, 2ND FLOOR
RESPONSIBLE WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS IN A HIGH GROWTH ENVIRONMENT
Chair: Mr. Habibullah N. Karim, Member, MCCI Committee and former President, BASIS
Facilitator: Dr. Selim Raihan, Executive Director, SANEM and Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur, Executive Director, Policy Research Institute (PRI), Dhaka
Panelists
04:00 PM – 04:15 PM TEA/COFFEE BREAK
04:15 PM – 06:15 PM SANEM-DECCMA ORGANIZED SESSION

Partner: DECCMA (Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation) dfnjkdfnkfghfghghdnfjkfjdfkjfndfdf

ORGANIZED SESSION:
AUDITORIUM, 2ND FLOOR
CLIMATE CHANGE, MIGRATION AND ADAPTATION: CHALLENGES FOR BANGLADESH
Chief Guest: Professor Shamsul Alam, Member, GED, Bangladesh Planning Commission, Dhaka
Chair: Dr. Mashfiqus Salehin, Director and Professor, Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Md. Munsur Rahman, Professor, Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and Principal Investigator, DECCMA Project Bangladesh
Panelists
  • Dr. Rezaur Rahman, Professor, Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka
  • Dr. Tasneem Siddiqui, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Dhaka
  • Dr. Anwara Begum, Senior Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka
  • Dr. Bazlul Haque Khondker, Chairman, SANEM and Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka
06:15 PM – 07:15 PM A SESSION FOR BUDDING RESEARCHERS
SPECIAL SESSION:
AUDITORIUM, 2ND FLOOR
PAPER PRESENTATION BY BUDDING RESEARCHERS
Chair: Dr. Selim Raihan, Executive Director, SANEM and Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka
06:15 PM – 06:45 PM Paper presentations:
06:45 PM – 06:55 PM Discussant: Dr. Sayema Haque Bidisha, Research Director, SANEM and Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka
06:55 PM – 07:05 PM Open discussion
07:05 PM – 07:15 PM Remarks by the Chair
07:15 PM – 07:30 PM CLOSING SESSION (AUDITORIUM, 2nd FLOOR)
07:30 PM DINNER AND CULTURAL EVENT

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