Vol VII, Issue 2: July 2020

Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 2: July 2020 The July 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 Crisis: Economic and Social Challenges”. The first page article titled “An ailing health sector in Bangladesh: Any scope for a politically feasible reform agenda?” emphasizes that the health sector in Bangladesh has a ‘stable anti-reform coalition’ among…

Vol VII, Issue 1: June 2020

Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 1: June 2020 The June 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 Crisis: Economic and Social Challenges”. The first page article titled “COVID-19’s Effect on Poverty and Policy Response in Bangladesh” emphasizes that though Bangladesh experienced significant achievement in poverty reduction over the past decades, success remained to be…

SANEM-MFO survey of RMG workers: A Massive shift to Digital Wages Payments in Bangladesh’s RMG Sector

Previous Events SANEM-MFO survey of RMG workers: A massive shift to Digital Wages Payments in Bangladesh’s RMG Sector A survey was conducted on May 15 and 16, 2020 by researchers working for a local research institute in Bangladesh, South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM), and a U.S.-based NGO, Microfinance Opportunities (MFO). The researchers surveyed 1,384 workers…